PRINTER'S NO. 2433
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1406
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, McNEILL, DeLUCA,
CALTAGIRONE, READSHAW, OTTEN, FREEMAN, McCLINTON AND KIM,
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
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
licenses and regulations relating to liquor, alcohol and malt
and brewed beverages, further providing for special occasion
permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 408.4(m) of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended to read:
Section 408.4. Special Occasion Permits.--
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(m) (1) The purpose of a special occasion permit is to
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provide the eligible entity with a means of raising funds for
itself. The permit may be used in conjunction with activities
and events involving other entities; however, no one other than
the holder of the special occasion permit may acquire a
pecuniary interest in the permit.
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall preclude an entity
operating in conjunction with a special occasion permit holder
from collecting and managing funds raised using a special
occasion permit.
(3) An eligible entity shall not be required to be the
collecting entity of funds generated through a special occasion
permit so long as the special occasion permit holder is the
primary host of the event and the funds raised are being used
for a charitable purpose.
(4) For the purpose of this subsection, "charitable purpose"
shall mean an act designed to benefit or ameliorate an
organization listed under the definition of "eligible entity" in
section 102.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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