PRINTER'S NO. 763
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
776
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BIZZARRO, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, BURGOS, FREEMAN,
ROZZI AND CIRESI, MARCH 4, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 4, 2021
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, amended December 27,
2019 (P.L.822, No.16), is amended to read:
Section 408.4. Special Occasion Permits.--
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(m) The following apply:
(1) The purpose of a special occasion permit is to 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) [An entity operating in conjunction with a special
occasion permit holder may collect and manage funds raised using
a special occasion permit if:
(i) the special occasion permit holder is the primary host
of the activity or event; and
(ii) the funds raised are used for the benefit of the
special occasion permit holder.] (Reserved).
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall preclude an entity
operating in conjunction with an eligible permit holder from
collecting and managing funds raised using a special occasion
permit.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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