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PRINTER'S NO. 4205
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2750
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MASSER, BARRAR AND SCHLEGEL CULVER, AUGUST 6, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, AUGUST 6, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in COVID-19 disaster emergency,
providing for social distancing and public health measures.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 57 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER F
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
Sec.
5751. Compliance with social distancing guidelines and
limitations on seating capacity by liquor licensees.
ยง 5751. Compliance with social distancing guidelines and
limitations on seating capacity by liquor licensees.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this title or other law to the contrary, during the COVID-19
disaster emergency, a social distancing guideline or seating
capacity limitation imposed by law or official action and
applicable to a liquor licensee below 50% of seating capacity
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shall be void and unenforceable.
(b) Prohibited conduct.--A liquor licensee that is subject,
during the COVID-19 disaster emergency, to a social distancing
guideline or limitation of 50% or greater seating capacity
imposed by law or official action may not knowingly violate the
guideline or limitation.
(c) Penalties.--A liquor licensee that violates subsection
(b) shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be
subject to the following:
(1) A written warning, for a first violation.
(2) A fine of $1,000, for a second violation.
(3) A 30-day suspension of the license, for a third or
subsequent violation.
(d) Enforcement.--The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
shall enforce the provisions of this section in accordance with
the provisions of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21),
known as the Liquor Code.
(e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "liquor
licensee" means a person that holds a license to sell and serve
liquor or malt or brewed beverages to patrons under the Liquor
Code .
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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