PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1486, 3833

PRINTER'S NO.  3893

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1310

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY TOEPEL, BRADFORD, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, FARRY, GODSHALL, GROVE, HARPER, JOSEPHS, MICCARELLI, MILLARD, MOUL, REICHLEY, STEPHENS, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND GINGRICH, APRIL 7, 2011

  

  

AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON RULES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 30, 2012   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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

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

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malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating

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and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and

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restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,

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consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding

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

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liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the

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persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and

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duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing

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for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,

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for the payment of certain license fees to the respective

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municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain

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nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure

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without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;

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providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"

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further providing for definitions; and limiting number of

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retail licenses to be issued in each county.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,

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No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,

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1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a definition to read:

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

 


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unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the

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meanings ascribed to them in this section:

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"Ski resort" shall mean a resort where downhill skiing

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occurs, having a minimum of six ski trails and an elevation of

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at least four hundred feet.

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Section 2.  Section 461(a) and (f) of the act, amended or

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added December 17, 1982 (P.L.1390, No.319) and February 21, 2002

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(P.L.103, No.10), are amended to read:

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Section 461.  Limiting Number of Retail Licenses To Be Issued

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In Each County.--(a)  No additional restaurant, eating place

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retail dispenser or club licenses shall be issued within a

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county if the total number of restaurant and eating place retail

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dispenser licenses is greater than one license for each three

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thousand inhabitants in the county, except the board may issue

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licenses to public venues, performing arts facilities,

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continuing care retirement communities, airport restaurants,

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municipal golf courses, hotels, privately-owned private golf

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courses, privately-owned public golf courses, racetracks,

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automobile racetracks, nonprimary pari-mutuel wagering

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locations, privately-owned ski resorts and to any other entity

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which this act specifically exempts from the limitations

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provided in this section, and the board may issue a license to a

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club situated in a borough having a population less than eight

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thousand inhabitants which is located in a county of the second

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class A whose application is filed on or before February 28,

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2001. The board may also issue licenses to privately-owned

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public golf courses and to privately-owned ski resorts in a dry

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municipality, if the following apply:

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(1)  the proposed premises are located in a second class

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township in a county of the fifth class; and

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(2)  the same entity owns both the privately-owned public

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golf course and the privately-owned ski resort. In addition, the

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board may issue an eating place retail dispenser license for on-

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premises sales only to the owner or operator of a facility

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having a minimum of a one-half mile asphalt track and having a

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permanent seating capacity of at least six thousand people used

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principally for holding automobile races, regardless of the

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number of restaurant and eating place retail dispenser licenses

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already issued in that county. When determining the number of

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restaurant and eating place retail dispenser licenses issued in

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a county for the purposes of this section, licenses exempted

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from this limitation and club licenses shall not be considered.

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Inhabitants of dry municipalities shall be considered when

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determining the population in a county. Licenses shall not be

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issued or transferred into municipalities where such licenses

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are prohibited pursuant to local referendum in accordance with

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section 472. Licenses approved for intermunicipal transfer may

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not be transferred from the receiving municipality for a period

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of five years after the date that the licensed premises are

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operational in the receiving municipality.

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(f)  The provisions of subsection (a) which apply to

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privately-owned public golf courses or privately-owned ski

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resorts shall not apply to the owner of such course or resort 

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who has, within three years prior to the effective date of this

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amendatory act or at any time after the effective date of this

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amendatory act, sold or transferred a regularly issued license

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for such course or resort.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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