PRINTER'S NO. 106
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
121
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, FEE, GRELL, REGAN, COHEN, GABLER,
A. HARRIS, LONGIETTI AND MILLARD, JANUARY 21, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 21, 2015
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," in
liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverage licenses and
regulations, further providing for unlawful acts relative to
liquor, malt and brewed beverages and licensees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 493(13) 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 16, 2007
(P.L.107, No.34), is amended to read:
Section 493. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Malt and
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Brewed Beverages and Licensees.--The term "licensee," when used
in this section, shall mean those persons licensed under the
provisions of Article IV, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
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(13) Retail Licensees Employing Minors. For any hotel,
restaurant or club liquor licensee, or any retail dispenser, to
employ or to permit any minor under the age of eighteen to serve
any alcoholic beverages or to employ or permit any minor under
the age of sixteen to render any service whatever in the
licensed premises, nor shall any entertainer under the age of
eighteen be employed or permitted to perform in any licensed
premises in violation of the labor laws of this Commonwealth:
Provided, That in accordance with board regulations minors
between the ages of sixteen and eighteen may be employed to
serve food, clear tables and perform other similar duties, not
to include the dispensing or serving of alcoholic beverages. A
ski resort, golf course or amusement park licensee may employ
minors fourteen and fifteen years of age to perform duties in
rooms or areas of the licensed premises; however, such minors
may not perform duties in rooms or areas in which alcohol is
being concurrently dispensed or served or in which alcohol is
being concurrently stored in an unsecured manner.
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a hotel,
restaurant or club liquor licensee or any retail dispenser may
allow students receiving instruction in a performing art to
perform an exhibition if the students are not compensated and
are under proper supervision. Written notice of the performance
must be provided to the enforcement bureau prior to the
performance. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the
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contrary, a hotel, restaurant or club licensee may permit a
minor of any age to perform music so long as the minor is not
compensated and the minor is under the supervision of a parent
or guardian.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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