PRINTER'S NO. 1007
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
839
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, KINSEY, McNEILL, SCHLOSSBERG AND
BROWNLEE, MARCH 24, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 24, 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,"
further providing for limiting number of retail licenses to
be issued in each county.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 461(b.1)(3) 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 November 29, 2006
(P.L.1421, No.155), is amended to read:
Section 461. Limiting Number of Retail Licenses To Be Issued
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(b.1) The board may issue restaurant and eating place retail
dispenser licenses and renew licenses issued under this
subsection without regard to the quota restrictions set forth in
subsection (a) for the purpose of economic development in a
municipality under the following conditions:
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(3) The board may issue no more than [two] three licenses
total in each county of the first through fourth class with no
one municipality issued more than two licenses and no more than
one license total in each county of the fifth through eighth
class per calendar year.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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