PRINTER'S NO. 3398
No. 2382 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY DONATUCCI, BEBKO-JONES, BIANCUCCI, BLACKWELL,
BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, DeWEESE, GEORGE, JAMES, KOTIK, MICOZZIE,
O'NEILL, PISTELLA, REICHLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 24, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 24, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
2 reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
3 malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
4 and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
5 restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
6 consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
7 in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
8 liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
9 persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
11 for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
12 for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
13 municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
14 nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
15 without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
16 providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"
17 further providing for unlawful acts relative to liquor, malt
18 and brewed beverages and licensees.
19 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 hereby enacts as follows:
21 Section 1. Section 493(13) of the act of April 12, 1951
22 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended
23 June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), and amended December 16, 2002
24 (P.L.1806, No.221), is amended to read:
25 Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
1 Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
2 in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
3 provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
4 otherwise.
5 It shall be unlawful--
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7 (13) Retail Licensees Employing Minors. For any hotel,
8 restaurant or club liquor licensee, or any retail dispenser, to
9 employ or to permit any minor [under the age of eighteen] to
10 concurrently dispense and serve any alcoholic beverages or to
11 employ or permit any minor under the age of sixteen to render
12 any service whatever in the licensed premises, nor shall any
13 entertainer under the age of eighteen be employed or permitted
14 to perform in any licensed premises in violation of the labor
15 laws of this Commonwealth: Provided, That minors between the
16 ages of eighteen and twenty-one may be employed to serve
17 alcoholic beverages, provided that they do not concurrently
18 dispense the alcoholic beverages; and Provided further, That in
19 accordance with board regulations minors between the ages of
20 sixteen and eighteen may be employed to serve food, clear tables
21 and perform other similar duties, not to include the dispensing
22 or serving of alcoholic beverages. A ski resort, golf course or
23 amusement park licensee may employ minors fourteen and fifteen
24 years of age to perform duties in rooms or areas of the licensed
25 premises; however, such minors may not perform duties in rooms
26 or areas in which alcohol is being concurrently dispensed or
27 served or in which alcohol is being concurrently stored in an
28 unsecured manner.
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30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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