Regular Session 2021-2022 Senate Bill 1212 P.N. 1843

HOUSE AMENDED

PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1627, 1675

PRINTER'S NO. 1843

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1212

Session of

2022

INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS-HILL, REGAN, J. WARD AND STEFANO,

MAY 3, 2022

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 30, 2022

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 MALT AND BREWED

BEVERAGES MANUFACTURERS', DISTRIBUTORS' AND IMPORTING

DISTRIBUTORS' LICENSES, for renewal of licenses and temporary

provisions for licensees in armed service and for rights of

municipalities preserved.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 470(a)(1) of the act of April 12, 1951

(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, amended June 5, 2020

(P.L.213, No.29), is amended to read:

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SECTION 1. SECTION 431(B) OF THE ACT OF APRIL 12, 1951

(P.L.90, NO.21), KNOWN AS THE LIQUOR CODE, IS AMENDED TO READ:

SECTION 431. MALT AND BREWED BEVERAGES MANUFACTURERS',

DISTRIBUTORS' AND IMPORTING DISTRIBUTORS' LICENSES.--* * *

(B) THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE TO ANY REPUTABLE PERSON WHO

APPLIES THEREFOR, AND PAYS THE LICENSE FEE HEREINAFTER

PRESCRIBED, A DISTRIBUTOR'S OR IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE

FOR THE PLACE WHICH SUCH PERSON DESIRES TO MAINTAIN FOR THE SALE

OF MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES, NOT FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES

WHERE SOLD, AND IN QUANTITIES OF NOT LESS THAN A CASE OR

ORIGINAL CONTAINERS CONTAINING ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OUNCES

OR MORE WHICH MAY BE SOLD SEPARATELY AS PREPARED FOR THE MARKET

BY THE MANUFACTURER AT THE PLACE OF MANUFACTURE. IN ADDITION, A

DISTRIBUTOR LICENSE HOLDER MAY SELL MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES IN

ANY AMOUNT TO A PERSON NOT LICENSED BY THE BOARD FOR OFF-

PREMISES CONSUMPTION. THE SALES SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE IN

THE PACKAGE CONFIGURATION DESIGNATED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND MAY

BE SOLD IN REFILLABLE GROWLERS. THE BOARD SHALL HAVE THE

DISCRETION TO REFUSE A LICENSE TO ANY PERSON OR TO ANY

CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP OR ASSOCIATION IF SUCH PERSON, OR ANY

OFFICER OR DIRECTOR OF SUCH CORPORATION, OR ANY MEMBER OR

PARTNER OF SUCH PARTNERSHIP OR ASSOCIATION SHALL HAVE BEEN

CONVICTED OR FOUND GUILTY OF A FELONY WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE

YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR THE SAID

LICENSE: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT, IN THE CASE OF ANY NEW

LICENSE OR THE TRANSFER OF ANY LICENSE TO A NEW LOCATION, THE

BOARD MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, GRANT OR REFUSE SUCH NEW LICENSE

OR TRANSFER IF SUCH PLACE PROPOSED TO BE LICENSED IS WITHIN

THREE HUNDRED FEET OF ANY CHURCH, HOSPITAL, CHARITABLE

INSTITUTION, SCHOOL OR PUBLIC PLAYGROUND, OR IF SUCH NEW LICENSE

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OR TRANSFER IS APPLIED FOR A PLACE WHICH IS WITHIN TWO HUNDRED

FEET OF ANY OTHER PREMISES WHICH IS LICENSED BY THE BOARD: AND

PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE BOARD SHALL REFUSE ANY APPLICATION

FOR A NEW LICENSE OR THE TRANSFER OF ANY LICENSE TO A NEW

LOCATION IF, IN THE BOARD'S OPINION, SUCH NEW LICENSE OR

TRANSFER WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE WELFARE, HEALTH, PEACE AND

MORALS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN A RADIUS OF

FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THE PLACE PROPOSED TO BE LICENSED. THE

BOARD MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE APPLICANT CONCERNING

ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE LICENSE IN QUESTION. IF THE BOARD

AND THE APPLICANT ENTER INTO SUCH AN AGREEMENT, SUCH AGREEMENT

SHALL BE BINDING ON THE APPLICANT. FAILURE BY THE APPLICANT TO

ADHERE TO THE AGREEMENT WILL BE SUFFICIENT CAUSE TO FORM THE

BASIS FOR A CITATION UNDER SECTION 471 AND FOR THE NONRENEWAL OF

THE LICENSE UNDER SECTION 470. IF THE BOARD ENTERS INTO AN

AGREEMENT WITH AN APPLICANT CONCERNING ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS,

THOSE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE BINDING ON SUBSEQUENT HOLDERS OF THE

LICENSE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS TRANSFERRED TO A NEW LOCATION OR

UNTIL THE BOARD ENTERS INTO A SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT REMOVING

THOSE RESTRICTIONS. IF THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION INVOLVES A

LOCATION PREVIOUSLY LICENSED BY THE BOARD, THEN ANY RESTRICTIONS

IMPOSED BY THE BOARD ON THE PREVIOUS LICENSE AT THAT LOCATION

SHALL BE BINDING ON THE APPLICANT UNLESS THE BOARD ENTERS INTO A

NEW AGREEMENT RESCINDING THOSE RESTRICTIONS. THE BOARD SHALL

REQUIRE NOTICE TO BE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY OR PREMISES UPON

WHICH THE LICENSEE OR PROPOSED LICENSEE WILL ENGAGE IN SALES OF

MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES. THIS NOTICE SHALL BE SIMILAR TO THE

NOTICE REQUIRED OF HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND CLUB LIQUOR LICENSEES.

EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, SUCH LICENSE SHALL AUTHORIZE

THE HOLDER THEREOF TO SELL OR DELIVER MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES

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IN QUANTITIES ABOVE SPECIFIED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH

OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH, IN THE CASE OF DISTRIBUTORS, HAVE BEEN

PURCHASED ONLY FROM PERSONS LICENSED UNDER THIS ACT AS

MANUFACTURERS OR IMPORTING DISTRIBUTORS, AND IN THE CASE OF

IMPORTING DISTRIBUTORS, HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FROM MANUFACTURERS

OR PERSONS OUTSIDE THIS COMMONWEALTH ENGAGED IN THE LEGAL SALE

OF MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES OR FROM MANUFACTURERS OR IMPORTING

DISTRIBUTORS LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE. IN THE CASE OF AN

IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR, THE HOLDER OF SUCH A LICENSE SHALL BE

AUTHORIZED TO STORE AND REPACKAGE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES OWNED

BY A MANUFACTURER AT A SEGREGATED PORTION OF A WAREHOUSE OR

OTHER STORAGE FACILITY AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 441(D) AND OPERATED

BY THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR WITHIN ITS APPOINTED TERRITORY AND

DELIVER SUCH BEVERAGES TO ANOTHER IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR WHO HAS

BEEN GRANTED DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS BY THE MANUFACTURER AS PROVIDED

HEREIN. THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR SHALL BE PERMITTED TO RECEIVE

A FEE FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANY RELATED STORAGE, REPACKAGING

OR DELIVERY SERVICES. IN THE CASE OF A BAILEE FOR HIRE HIRED BY

A MANUFACTURER, THE HOLDER OF SUCH A PERMIT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED:

TO RECEIVE, STORE AND REPACKAGE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES

PRODUCED BY THAT MANUFACTURER FOR SALE BY THAT MANUFACTURER TO

IMPORTING DISTRIBUTORS TO WHOM THAT MANUFACTURER HAS GIVEN

DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION OR TO PURCHASERS

OUTSIDE THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR DELIVERY OUTSIDE THIS

COMMONWEALTH; OR TO SHIP TO THAT MANUFACTURER'S STORAGE

FACILITIES OUTSIDE THIS COMMONWEALTH. THE BAILEE FOR HIRE SHALL

BE PERMITTED TO RECEIVE A FEE FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANY

RELATED STORAGE, REPACKAGING OR DELIVERY SERVICES. THE BAILEE

FOR HIRE SHALL, AS REQUIRED IN ARTICLE V OF THIS ACT, KEEP

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE RECORDS OF ALL TRANSACTIONS, INVENTORY,

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RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS AND MAKE ALL RECORDS AND THE LICENSED

AREAS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY THE BOARD AND FOR THE

PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, BUREAU OF LIQUOR CONTROL ENFORCEMENT,

DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.

EACH OUT OF STATE MANUFACTURER OF MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES

WHOSE PRODUCTS ARE SOLD AND DELIVERED IN THIS COMMONWEALTH SHALL

GIVE DISTRIBUTING RIGHTS FOR SUCH PRODUCTS IN DESIGNATED

GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS TO SPECIFIC IMPORTING DISTRIBUTORS, AND SUCH

IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR SHALL NOT SELL OR DELIVER MALT OR BREWED

BEVERAGES MANUFACTURED BY THE OUT OF STATE MANUFACTURER TO ANY

PERSON ISSUED A LICENSE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WHOSE

LICENSED PREMISES ARE NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

FOR WHICH HE HAS BEEN GIVEN DISTRIBUTING RIGHTS BY SUCH

MANUFACTURER. IN ADDITION, THE HOLDER OF A DISTRIBUTOR LICENSE

MAY NOT SELL OR DELIVER MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO ANY LICENSEE

WHOSE LICENSED PREMISES IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DESIGNATED

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA GRANTED TO AN IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR OTHER THAN

THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR THAT SOLD THE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES

TO THE DISTRIBUTOR. IF THE LICENSEE PURCHASING THE MALT OR

BREWED BEVERAGES FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR LICENSE HOLDER HOLDS

MULTIPLE LICENSES OR OPERATES AT MORE THAN ONE LOCATION, THEN

THE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES MAY NOT BE CONSUMED OR SOLD AT

LICENSED PREMISES LOCATED WITHIN THE DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHICAL

AREA GRANTED TO AN IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR OTHER THAN THE

IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR THAT SOLD THE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO

THE DISTRIBUTOR. SHOULD A LICENSEE ACCEPT THE DELIVERY OF MALT

OR BREWED BEVERAGES OR TRANSFER MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES IN

VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, SAID LICENSEE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A

[SUSPENSION OF HIS LICENSE FOR AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS] PENALTY OR

SUSPENSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 494: PROVIDED, THAT THE

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IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR HOLDING SUCH DISTRIBUTING RIGHTS FOR SUCH

PRODUCT SHALL NOT SELL OR DELIVER THE SAME TO ANOTHER IMPORTING

DISTRIBUTOR WITHOUT FIRST HAVING ENTERED INTO A WRITTEN

AGREEMENT WITH THE SAID SECONDARY IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR SETTING

FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH PRODUCTS ARE TO

BE RESOLD WITHIN THE TERRITORY GRANTED TO THE PRIMARY IMPORTING

DISTRIBUTOR BY THE MANUFACTURER.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS ACT, A LICENSEE MAY

PICK UP AN ORDER FROM AN IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR WITHIN TWENTY-

FOUR (24) HOURS OF PLACEMENT IF THE ORDER WAS PLACED BY A

RESTAURANT, CLUB OR HOTEL LICENSEE OR RETAIL DISPENSER

CONSISTENT WITH A PREEXISTING, AGREED-UPON ORDERING PROCESS, BUT

IS NOT ABLE TO BE DELIVERED WITHIN THE AGREED-UPON DELIVERY

TIME. THE PURCHASE MAY NOT BE FOR MORE THAN TWENTY-ONE (21)

CASES OR THREE (3) ONE-HALF BARREL KEGS OF MALT OR BREWED

BEVERAGES IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS. THE PICKUP IS SUBJECT TO AND

LIMITED BY AN IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR'S LABOR AGREEMENTS. A VALID

TRANSPORTER-FOR-HIRE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE PICK UP OR

TRANSPORT TO THE LICENSED PREMISES. THE EMPLOYE OF THE LICENSEE

SHALL BE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE, THE VEHICLE USED SHALL BE

MARKED AS REQUIRED BY 40 PA. CODE § 9.22 (RELATING TO

IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLES) AND THE EMPLOYE SHALL RETURN

DIRECTLY TO THE LICENSED PREMISES IMMEDIATELY AFTER PICK UP. IF

THE PICKUP OF AN ORDER AT AN IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR IS NOT

POSSIBLE, THE ORDER MAY BE PLACED WITH A DISTRIBUTOR SELECTED

FROM DISTRIBUTORS THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR IDENTIFIED AS BEING

LOCATED WITHIN THE DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA GRANTED TO THE

IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR. THE PURCHASE SHALL BE CONSIDERED AN

EMERGENCY PURCHASE. A LICENSEE ABUSING THE EMERGENCY PROVISIONS

CONTAINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PENALTIES OR

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SUSPENSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 494. THE PROVISIONS OF

THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2027.

WHEN A PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURER OF MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES

LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE NAMES OR CONSTITUTES A DISTRIBUTOR

OR IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR AS THE PRIMARY OR ORIGINAL SUPPLIER OF

HIS PRODUCT, HE SHALL ALSO DESIGNATE THE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL

AREA FOR WHICH THE SAID DISTRIBUTOR OR IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR IS

GIVEN DISTRIBUTING RIGHTS, AND SUCH DISTRIBUTOR OR IMPORTING

DISTRIBUTOR SHALL NOT SELL OR DELIVER THE PRODUCTS OF SUCH

MANUFACTURER TO ANY PERSON ISSUED A LICENSE UNDER THE PROVISIONS

OF THIS ACT WHOSE LICENSED PREMISES ARE NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA FOR WHICH DISTRIBUTING RIGHTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN

TO THE DISTRIBUTOR AND IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR BY THE SAID

MANUFACTURER. IN ADDITION, THE HOLDER OF A DISTRIBUTOR LICENSE

MAY NOT SELL OR DELIVER MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO A LICENSEE

WHOSE LICENSED PREMISES IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DESIGNATED

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA GRANTED TO AN IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR OTHER THAN

THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR THAT SOLD THE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES

TO THE DISTRIBUTOR. IF THE LICENSEE PURCHASING THE MALT OR

BREWED BEVERAGES FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR LICENSE HOLDER HOLDS

MULTIPLE LICENSES OR OPERATES AT MORE THAN ONE LOCATION, THE

MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES MAY NOT BE CONSUMED OR SOLD AT LICENSED

PREMISES LOCATED WITHIN THE DESIGNATED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA GRANTED

TO AN IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR OTHER THAN THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR

THAT SOLD THE MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES TO THE DISTRIBUTOR. IF A

LICENSEE ACCEPTS THE DELIVERY OF MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES OR

TRANSFERS MALT OR BREWED BEVERAGES IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION,

THE LICENSEE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUSPENSION OF HIS LICENSE FOR

AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS: PROVIDED, THAT THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR

HOLDING SUCH DISTRIBUTING RIGHTS FOR SUCH PRODUCT SHALL NOT SELL

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OR DELIVER THE SAME TO ANOTHER IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR WITHOUT

FIRST HAVING ENTERED INTO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE SAID

SECONDARY IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SUCH PRODUCTS ARE TO BE RESOLD WITHIN THE

TERRITORY GRANTED TO THE PRIMARY IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR BY THE

MANUFACTURER. NOTHING HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO

PREVENT ANY MANUFACTURER FROM AUTHORIZING THE IMPORTING

DISTRIBUTOR HOLDING THE DISTRIBUTING RIGHTS FOR A DESIGNATED

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA FROM SELLING THE PRODUCTS OF SUCH MANUFACTURER

TO ANOTHER IMPORTING DISTRIBUTOR ALSO HOLDING DISTRIBUTING

RIGHTS FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER FOR ANOTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA,

PROVIDING SUCH AUTHORITY BE CONTAINED IN WRITING AND A COPY

THEREOF BE GIVEN TO EACH OF THE IMPORTING DISTRIBUTORS SO

AFFECTED.

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SECTION 2. SECTION 470(A)(1) OF THE ACT IS AMENDED TO READ:

Section 470. Renewal of Licenses; Temporary Provisions for

Licensees in Armed Service.--(a) (1) All applications for

validation or renewal of licenses under the provisions of this

article shall be filed at least sixty days before the expiration

date of same, along with tax clearance from the Department of

Revenue and the Department of Labor and Industry, the requisite

license and filing fees, and, except as provided under paragraph

(2), shall include an application surcharge of seven hundred

dollars ($700.00): Provided, however, That the board, in its

discretion, may accept nunc pro tunc a renewal application filed

less than sixty days before the expiration date of the license

with the required fees, upon reasonable cause shown and the

payment of an additional filing fee of one hundred dollars

($100.00) for late filing: And provided further, That except

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where the failure to file a renewal application on or before the

expiration date has created a license quota vacancy after said

expiration date which has been filled by the issuance of a new

license, after such expiration date, but before the board has

received a renewal application nunc pro tunc within the time

prescribed herein the board, in its discretion, may, after

hearing, accept a renewal application filed within two years

after the expiration date of the license with the required fees

upon the payment of an additional filing fee of two hundred

fifty dollars ($250.00) for late filing. Where any such renewal

application is filed less than sixty days before the expiration

date, or subsequent to the expiration date, no license shall

issue upon the filing of the renewal application until the

matter is finally determined by the board and if an appeal is

taken from the board's action the courts shall not order the

issuance of the renewal license until final determination of the

matter by the courts. The board may enter into an agreement with

the applicant concerning additional restrictions on the license

in question. If the board and the applicant enter into such an

agreement, such agreement shall be binding on the applicant.

Failure by the applicant to adhere to the agreement will be

sufficient cause to form the basis for a citation under section

471 and for the nonrenewal of the license under this section. A

renewal application will not be considered filed unless

accompanied by the requisite filing and license fees and any

additional filing fee required by this section. Unless the board

shall have given ten days' previous notice to the applicant of

objections to the renewal of his license, based upon violation

by the licensee or his servants, agents or employes of any of

the laws of the Commonwealth or regulations of the board

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relating to the manufacture, transportation, use, storage,

importation, possession or sale of liquors, alcohol or malt or

brewed beverages, or the conduct of a licensed establishment, or

unless the applicant has by his own act become a person of ill

repute, or unless the premises do not meet the requirements of

this act or the regulations of the board, the license of a

licensee shall be renewed. Notwithstanding any other provision

of this act, a noise violation shall not be the sole basis for

objection by the board to the renewal of a license unless the

licensee has received [six] three prior adjudicated noise

citations within a twenty-four-month period.

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Section 2 3. Section 493.1(e)(1) and (2) of the act are

amended and the subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to

read:

Section 493.1. Rights of Municipalities Preserved.--* * *

(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

contrary except as provided under paragraph (3), the holder of a

[limited winery] license under this act that is located in a

class 2A through 8 county may use or permit to be used inside or

outside of the licensed premises a loudspeaker or similar device

whereby the sound of music or other entertainment, or the

advertisement thereof, does not exceed 75 decibels beyond the

licensee's property line.

(2) The provisions of [subsection (a)] paragraph (1) shall

only apply:

(i) From ten o'clock antemeridian until [eight] nine o'clock

postmeridian on every day except Fridays and Saturdays; and

(ii) From ten o'clock antemeridian until [ten] twelve

o'clock [postmeridian] antemeridian on Fridays or Saturdays.

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(4) The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement of the

Pennsylvania State Police shall enforce the provisions of this

subsection.

Section 3 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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