PRINTER'S NO. 4325
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2844
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MASSER, ECKER, ROWE, SCHMITT AND KORTZ,
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
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 and liquor, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages, further providing for prepared beverages
and mixed drinks for off-premises consumption during disaster
emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 417 heading, (b) and (c) of the act of
April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, added
May 21, 2020 (P.L.149, No.21), are amended to read:
Section 417. Prepared Beverages and Mixed Drinks for Off-
Premises Consumption [During Disaster Emergency].--* * *
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[(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or
provision of law to the contrary, a licensee selling prepared
beverages and mixed drinks for off-premises consumption may only
do so during the COVID-19 disaster emergency and during the
mitigation period after the termination of the disaster
emergency in which a licensee is operating at less than sixty
per centum (60%) capacity.]
(c) A licensee may sell liquor to another licensee qualified
to sell prepared beverages and mixed drinks under this section.
The licensee shall notify the board in writing advising it of
the name of the licensee and identifying any product sold to
that licensee, as well as the description of the liquor,
including brand names, sizes and numbers of containers sold to
another licensee. [The sales may only occur during the COVID-19
disaster emergency and during the mitigation period after the
termination of the disaster emergency in which a licensee is
operating at less than sixty per centum (60%) capacity.]
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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