THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY BEYER, SOLOBAY, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, BUXTON, EVERETT, GABLER, GOODMAN, GRELL, HARHAI, HARKINS, KULA, LEVDANSKY, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MOUL, MURT, PASHINSKI, SANTARSIERO, TALLMAN, WATERS, WATSON AND SWANGER, JANUARY 19, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 19, 2010  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as

reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and

malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating

and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and

restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,

consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding

in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic

liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the

persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and

duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing

for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,

for the payment of certain license fees to the respective

municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain

nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure

without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;

providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"

further defining "case."

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The definition of "case" in section 102 of the

act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code,

reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended

July 7, 2006 (P.L.584, No.84), is amended to read:

Section 102.  Definitions.--The following words or phrases,

unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the

meanings ascribed to them in this section:

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"Case" shall mean a package prepared by the manufacturer for

sale or distribution [of twelve or more original containers

totaling two hundred sixty-four or more fluid ounces of malt or

brewed beverages excepting those packages containing twenty-four

or more original containers each holding seven fluid ounces or

more] in any configuration of original containers totaling

forty-two or more fluid ounces of malt or brewed beverages,

which may be shipped by the manufacturer in units containing

more than one case and then broken down into a package of six or

more original containers, each holding seven fluid ounces or

more prior to sale by a distributor or importing distributor.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 30 days.