PRINTER'S NO. 2142
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1513
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY REESE, COHEN, D. COSTA, GIBBONS, GODSHALL,
A. HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, M. K. KELLER, MILLARD, MOUL, OBERLANDER,
PEIFER, PICKETT, SACCONE, SAYLOR AND TOEPEL, AUGUST 26, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, AUGUST 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
distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire
and transporters for hire, further providing for limited
wineries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 505.2(a)(1) and (6) and (b) 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
December 8, 2004 (P.L.1810, No.239), is amended to read:
Section 505.2. Limited Wineries.--(a) In the interest of
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promoting tourism and recreational development in Pennsylvania,
holders of a limited winery license may:
(1) Produce alcoholic ciders, wines and wine coolers,
subject to the exceptions provided under this section[, only
from an agricultural commodity grown in Pennsylvania].
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(6) (i) Secure a permit from the board to allow the holder
of a limited winery license to use [up to twenty-five per centum
permitted] fruit, not wine, in the current year's production.
Each permit is valid only for the calendar year in which it is
issued.
(ii) The fee for a permit to import and use [permitted]
fruit shall be in an amount to be determined by the board.
(iii) The purpose of this section is to increase the
productivity of limited wineries [while at the same time
protecting the integrity and unique characteristics of wine
produced from fruit primarily grown in this Commonwealth.
Prevailing climatic conditions have a significant impact on the
character of the fruit. Accordingly, "permitted fruit" shall
mean fruit grown or juice derived from fruit grown within three
hundred fifty (350) miles of the winery].
(iv) The department is authorized to promulgate regulations
requiring the filing of periodic reports by limited wineries to
ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.
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(b) The total production of alcoholic ciders, wine and wine
coolers by a limited winery may not exceed [two hundred thousand
(200,000)] three hundred thousand (300,000) gallons per year.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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