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PRINTER'S NO. 2707
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1916
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, SCHLOSSBERG, MUSTIO, MILLARD, ROZZI,
WARD, PETRI, STURLA AND HEFFLEY, NOVEMBER 14, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, NOVEMBER 14, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "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 and for distilleries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 505.2(a)(6.3) and 505.4(b)(1) of the act
of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code,
amended November 15, 2016 (P.L.1286, No.166), are 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:
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(6.3) Sell alcoholic cider, mead, wine and wine coolers only
between the hours of [nine o'clock antemeridian and eleven
o'clock postmeridian.] seven o'clock antemeridian of any day
except Sunday until two o'clock antemeridian of the following
day, and on Sunday between the hours of nine o'clock
antemeridian and two o'clock antemeridian the following day. A
limited winery also may request approval from the board to
extend sales hours in individual locations at other times during
the year or beyond the limits set forth in this clause. The
request shall be made in writing to the board's Office of the
Chief Counsel and shall detail the exact locations where sales
hours are proposed to be extended, the proposed hours and dates
of extended operation and the reason for the proposed extended
hours.
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Section 505.4. Distilleries.--* * *
(b) (1) The board may issue a limited distillery license
that will allow the holder thereof to operate a distillery that
shall not exceed production of one hundred thousand (100,000)
gallons of distilled liquor per year. The holder of the license
may manufacture and sell bottled liquors produced on the
licensed premises to the board, to entities licensed by the
board and to the public between the hours of [nine o'clock
antemeridian and eleven o'clock postmeridian] seven o'clock
antemeridian of any day except Sunday until two o'clock
antemeridian of the following day, and on Sunday between the
hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and two o'clock antemeridian
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the following day so long as a specific code of distilled liquor
which is listed for sale as a stock item by the board in State
liquor stores may not be offered for sale at a licensed limited
distillery location at a price which is lower than that charged
by the board and under such conditions and regulations as the
board may enforce. The holder of a limited distillery license
may not sell a product or a substantially similar product which
is listed for sale as a stock item by the board in State Liquor
Stores to a licensee at a price which is lower than that charged
by the board and under such conditions and regulations as the
board may enforce. The holder of a limited distillery license
may also sell wine and alcoholic cider produced by a licensed
limited winery, liquor produced by a licensed distillery or
limited distillery and malt or brewed beverages produced by a
licensed brewery [for on-premises consumption]. The combined
sales of wine, malt or brewed beverages and liquor produced by
another licensed distillery or limited distillery may not, on a
yearly basis, exceed fifty per centum of the on-premises sales
of the limited distillery's own sales of liquor for the
preceding calendar year: however, if a limited distillery did
not operate for an entire calendar year during the preceding
year, then its combined sales of wine, malt or brewed beverages
and liquor produced by another licensed distillery or limited
distillery may not, on a yearly basis, exceed fifty per centum
of the on-premises sales of the limited distillery's own liquor
for that year.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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