PRINTER'S NO. 1026
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
847
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ACOSTA, YOUNGBLOOD, DAWKINS, THOMAS, SCHLOSSBERG,
V. BROWN, J. HARRIS, McNEILL, O'BRIEN, CARROLL, COHEN,
CALTAGIRONE, DAVIS, CRUZ, D. COSTA AND MURT, MARCH 26, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 26, 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
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
and, in licenses and regulations, liquor, alcohol and malt
and brewed beverages, further providing for unlawful acts
relative to liquor, alcohol and liquor licensees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "alcohol," "denatured alcohol"
and "liquor" 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), are amended and the section is
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amended by adding a definition 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:
"Alcohol" shall mean ethyl alcohol of any degree of proof
originally produced by the distillation of any fermented liquid,
whether rectified or diluted with or without water, whatever may
be the origin thereof, and shall include powdered or crystalline
alcohol and synthetic ethyl alcohol, but shall not mean or
include ethyl alcohol, whether or not diluted, that has been
denatured or otherwise rendered unfit for beverage purposes.
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"Denatured alcohol" shall mean and include all alcohol or any
compound thereof which by the admixture of such denaturing
material or materials is rendered unfit for use as a beverage.
The term shall not include powdered or crystalline alcohol.
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"Liquor" shall mean and include any alcoholic, spirituous,
vinous, fermented or other alcoholic beverage, powdered or
crystalline alcohol, or combination of liquors and mixed liquor
a part of which is spirituous, vinous, fermented or otherwise
alcoholic, including all drinks or drinkable liquids,
preparations or mixtures, and reused, recovered or redistilled
denatured alcohol usable or taxable for beverage purposes which
contain more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume,
except pure ethyl alcohol and malt or brewed beverages.
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"Powdered or crystalline alcohol" shall mean a powdered or
crystalline product prepared or sold for either direct use or
reconstitution for human consumption that contains any amount of
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alcohol when hydrolyzed.
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Section 2. Section 491 of the act is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 491. Unlawful Acts Relative to Liquor, Alcohol and
Liquor Licensees.--
It shall be unlawful--
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(15) Possession, purchase, sale or use of powdered or
crystalline alcohol. For any person to possess, purchase, sell,
offer to sell or use powdered or crystalline alcohol. This
paragraph shall not apply to commercial or industrial use
specifically approved by State law, a hospital that operates
primarily for the purpose of conducting scientific research, a
State institution conducting bona fide research, a private
college or university conducting bona fide research or a
pharmaceutical company conducting bona fide research.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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