H1154B1421A01710 PWK:EJH 06/15/21 #90 A01710
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1154
Sponsor: SENATOR REGAN
Printer's No. 1421
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 22, by striking out all
of said lines and inserting
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
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, further providing for sales by
Pennsylvania Liquor Stores; and, in licenses and regulations,
liquor, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages, further
providing for heading of article, for authority to issue
liquor licenses to hotels, restaurants and clubs, for sales
by liquor licensees and restrictions, for secondary service
area, for sale of malt or brewed beverages by liquor
licensees, for public service liquor licenses, for liquor
importers' licenses, fees, privileges and restrictions, for
public venue license, for performing arts facility license,
for continuing care retirement community retail licenses and
for casino liquor license, for prepared beverages and mixed
drinks for off-premises consumption during disaster
emergency, further providing for malt and brewed beverages
manufacturers', distributors' and importing distributors'
licenses, for sales by manufacturers of malt or brewed
beverages and minimum quantities and for distributors' and
importing distributors' restrictions on sales, storage, etc,
providing for safekeeping and further providing for unlawful
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acts relative to malt or brewed beverages and licensees.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 25 through 27; pages 2 through 6,
lines 1 through 30; page 7, lines 1 through 27; by striking out
all of said lines on said pages and inserting
Section 1. Section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding
definitions to read:
Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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"Ready-to-drink cocktail" shall mean a beverage, composed in
part of spirits, combined with other nonalcoholic ingredients,
carbonated or still, by whatever name such beverage may be
called, premixed and packaged in original containers, containing
not more than sixteen ounces, provided that it is not mixed or
adulterated on the licensed premises of a licensee. It shall
mean any beverage consisting of at least one-half of one per
centum, but not greater than twelve and one-half per centum,
alcohol by volume. It shall not mean any beverage composed, in
part, of wine or malt or brewed beverages. It shall be treated
like liquor unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
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"Spirits" shall mean any beverage which contains alcohol
obtained by distillation, mixed with water or other substances
in solution, and includes brandy, rum, whiskey, gin or other
spirituous liquors and such liquors when rectified, blended or
otherwise mixed with alcohol or other substances.
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Section 2. Section 305(b) of the act is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * *
(b) Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors at
wholesale to hotels, restaurants, clubs, and railroad, pullman
and steamship companies licensed under this act; and, under the
regulations of the board, to pharmacists duly licensed and
registered under the laws of the Commonwealth, and to
manufacturing pharmacists, and to reputable hospitals approved
by the board, or chemists. Sales to licensees shall be made at a
price that includes a discount of ten per centum from the retail
price; except that special order sales to licensees authorized
in subsection (a) shall not be subject to the ten per centum
discount. Ready-to-drink cocktails as defined in section 102
shall not be subject to the ten per centum discount. The board
may sell to registered pharmacists only such liquors as conform
to the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, the National
Formulary, or the American Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia. The board
may sell at special prices under the regulations of the board,
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to United States Armed Forces facilities which are located on
United States Armed Forces installations and are conducted
pursuant to the authority and regulations of the United States
Armed Forces. All other sales by such stores shall be at retail,
except that incentives, such as coupons or discounts on certain
products, may be offered to unlicensed customers of the board as
provided under sections 207(m) and 493(24)(ii)(B). A person
entitled to purchase liquor at wholesale prices may purchase the
liquor at any Pennsylvania Liquor Store upon tendering cash,
check or credit card for the full amount of the purchase. For
this purpose, the board shall issue a discount card to each
licensee identifying such licensee as a person authorized to
purchase liquor at wholesale prices. Such discount card shall be
retained by the licensee. The board may contract through the
Commonwealth bidding process for delivery to wholesale licensees
at the expense of the licensee receiving the delivery.
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(l) Pennsylvania Liquor Stores may sell ready-to-drink
cocktails but are not restricted to the ready-to-drink cocktail
container limits or alcohol by volume limits per the definition
in section 102.
Section 3. Article IV heading and section 401(a) of the act
are amended to read:
ARTICLE IV.
LICENSES AND REGULATIONS; LIQUOR, ALCOHOL AND
MALT AND BREWED BEVERAGES
AND READY-TO-DRINK COCKTAILS.
Section 401. Authority to Issue Liquor Licenses to Hotels,
Restaurants and Clubs.--(a) Subject to the provisions of this
act and regulations promulgated under this act, the board shall
have authority to issue a retail liquor license for any premises
kept or operated by a hotel, restaurant or club and specified in
the license entitling the hotel, restaurant or club to purchase
liquor from a Pennsylvania Liquor Store and to keep on the
premises such liquor and, subject to the provisions of this act
and the regulations made thereunder, to sell the same and also
malt or brewed beverages to guests, patrons or members for
consumption on the hotel, restaurant or club premises. Such
licensees, other than clubs, shall be permitted to sell malt or
brewed beverages for consumption off the premises where sold in
quantities of not more than one hundred ninety-two fluid ounces
in a single sale to one person as provided for in section 407.
In addition, such licensees, other than clubs, shall be
permitted to sell ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premises
consumption where sold in quantities of not more than one
hundred ninety-two fluid ounces in a single sale to one person
in the same manner as malt or brewed beverages as provided for
in section 407. Such licenses shall be known as hotel liquor
licenses, restaurant liquor licenses and club liquor licenses,
respectively. No person who holds any public office that
involves the duty to enforce any of the penal laws of the United
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States, this Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of
this Commonwealth may have any interest in a hotel or restaurant
liquor license. This prohibition applies to anyone with arrest
authority, including, but not limited to, United States
attorneys, State attorneys general, district attorneys, sheriffs
and police officers. This prohibition shall also apply to
magisterial district judges, judges or any other individuals who
can impose a criminal sentence. This prohibition does not apply
to members of the General Assembly, township supervisors, city
councilpersons, mayors without arrest authority and any other
public official who does not have the ability to arrest or the
ability to impose a criminal sentence. This section does not
apply if the proposed premises are located outside the
jurisdiction of the individual in question.
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Section 4. Section 406(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f)
introductory paragraph of the act are amended and the section is
amended by adding subsections to read:
Section 406. Sales by Liquor Licensees; Restrictions.--(a)
(1) Every hotel, restaurant or club liquor licensee may sell
liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed beverages by
the glass, open bottle or other container, and in any mixture,
for consumption only in that part of the hotel or restaurant
habitually used for the serving of food to guests or patrons, or
in a bowling alley that is immediately adjacent to and under the
same roof as a restaurant, and in the case of hotels, to guests,
and in the case of clubs, to members, in their private rooms in
the hotel or club. No club licensee nor its officers, servants,
agents or employes, other than one holding a catering license,
shall sell any liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or
brewed beverages to any person except a member of the club. The
holder of a restaurant license located in a hotel may sell
liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages for
consumption in that part of the restaurant habitually used for
the serving of meals to patrons and also to guests in private
guest rooms in the hotel. For the purpose of this paragraph, any
person who is an active member of another club which is
chartered by the same state or national organization shall have
the same rights and privileges as members of the particular
club. For the purpose of this paragraph, any person who is an
active member of any volunteer firefighting company, association
or group of this Commonwealth, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, shall upon the approval of any club composed of
volunteer firemen licensed under this act, have the same social
rights and privileges as members of such licensed club. For the
purposes of this paragraph, the term "active member" shall not
include a social member. Any club licensee which is either an
incorporated unit of a national veterans' organization or an
affiliated organization as defined in section 461.1 shall be
permitted to sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or
brewed beverages to any active member of another unit which is
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chartered by the same national veterans' organization or to any
member of a nationally chartered auxiliary associated with the
same national veterans' organization.
(2) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf
course restaurant liquor licensees and privately-owned public
golf course restaurant licensees may sell liquor, ready-to-drink
cocktails and malt or brewed beverages only after seven o'clock
antemeridian of any day until two o'clock antemeridian of the
following day, except Sunday, and except as hereinafter
provided, may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or
brewed beverages on Sunday between the hours of twelve o'clock
midnight and two o'clock antemeridian. No sales of ready-to-
drink cocktails for off-premises consumption may take place
after eleven o'clock postmeridian of any day until the
licensee's permitted hours of operation under this section of
the following day.
(2.1) Airport restaurant liquor licensees may sell liquor,
ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed beverages only after
five o'clock antemeridian of any day and until two o'clock
antemeridian of the following day.
(3) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf
course restaurant liquor licensees and privately-owned public
golf course restaurant licensees may sell liquor, ready-to-drink
cocktails and malt or brewed beverages on Sunday between the
hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and two o'clock antemeridian
Monday upon purchase of a special permit from the board at an
annual fee as prescribed in section 614-A of the act of April 9,
1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of
1929." Airport restaurant liquor licensees may sell liquor,
ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed beverages on Sunday
between the hours of five o'clock antemeridian and two o'clock
antemeridian Monday upon purchase of a special permit from the
board at an annual fee as prescribed in section 614-A of the act
of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative
Code of 1929." No sales of ready-to-drink cocktails for off-
premises consumption may take place after eleven o'clock
postmeridian of any day until the licensee's permitted hours of
operation under this section of the following day.
(4) Hotel and restaurant liquor licensees, municipal golf
course restaurant liquor licensees and privately-owned public
golf course restaurant licensees which do not qualify for and
purchase such special permit, their servants, agents or employes
may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages only after seven o'clock antemeridian of any day and
until two o'clock antemeridian of the following day, and shall
not sell after two o'clock antemeridian on Sunday. No club
licensee or its servants, agents or employes may sell liquor,
ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages between the
hours of three o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock
antemeridian on any day. No public service liquor licensee or
its servants, agents, or employes may sell liquor, ready-to-
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drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages between the hours of
two o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock antemeridian on any
day. No sales of ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premises
consumption may take place after eleven o'clock postmeridian of
any day until the licensee's permitted hours of operation under
this section of the following day.
(6) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, whenever
the thirty-first day of December falls on a Sunday, every hotel
or restaurant liquor licensee, their servants, agents or
employes may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or
brewed beverages on any such day after one o'clock postmeridian
and until two o'clock antemeridian of the following day. No
sales of ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premises consumption
may take place after eleven o'clock postmeridian of any day
until the licensee's permitted hours of operation under this
section of the following day.
(6.1) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary,
whenever Saint Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday, every hotel or
restaurant liquor licensee, their servants, agents or employes
may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages on any such day after seven o'clock antemeridian and
until two o'clock antemeridian of the following day. No sales of
ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premises consumption may take
place after eleven o'clock postmeridian of any day until the
licensee's permitted hours of operation under this section of
the following day.
(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, if
Groundhog Day falls on a Sunday, a hotel or restaurant licensee
or the hotel or restaurant licensee's servants, agents or
employes may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or
brewed beverages on that day after seven o'clock antemeridian
and until two o'clock antemeridian of the following day. No
sales of ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premises consumption
may take place after eleven o'clock postmeridian of any day
until the licensee's permitted hours of operation under this
section of the following day.
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(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, on the Sunday
on which the sporting event commonly referred to as the "Super
Bowl" is conducted, licensees who do not possess the special
annual permit provided for in subsection (a)(3), their servants,
agents or employes may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and
malt or brewed beverages on such Sunday after one o'clock
postmeridian and until two o'clock antemeridian of the following
day. No sales of ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premises
consumption may take place after eleven o'clock postmeridian of
any day until the licensee's permitted hours of operation under
this section of the following day.
(d) Subject to section 412, licensed public venues may sell
liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed beverages on
Sundays from eleven o'clock antemeridian until midnight without
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the need to acquire or qualify for a special permit. In
addition, subject to section 413, licensed performing arts
facilities may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or
brewed beverages on Sundays from ten o'clock antemeridian until
ten o'clock postmeridian without the need to acquire or qualify
for a special permit.
(e) (1) The holder of a hotel license or the holder of a
restaurant license located in a hotel may allow persons to
transport liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed
beverages from the licensed portion of the premises to the
unlicensed portion of the premises, so long as the liquor,
ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages remain on
the hotel property. In addition, a holder of a restaurant or
club license located on a golf course may sell, furnish or give
liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages on
the unlicensed portion of the golf course so long as the liquor,
ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages remain on
the restaurant, club or golf course. The holder of a restaurant
license located immediately adjacent to and under the same roof
of a bowling center may allow persons to transport liquor,
ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages from the
licensed portion of the premises to the unlicensed portion of
the premises, so long as the liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or
malt or brewed beverages remain within the bowling center. In
addition, the holder of a hotel license or a restaurant license
may allow persons who have purchased but only partially consumed
a bottle of wine on the premises to remove the bottle from the
premises so long as the bottle was purchased in conjunction with
a meal which was consumed on the premises and so long as the
bottle is resealed. For purposes of this subsection, "wine"
shall have the meaning given to it under section 488(i). For
purposes of this section and section 432, "meal" shall mean food
prepared on the premises, sufficient to constitute breakfast,
lunch or dinner; it shall not mean a snack, such as pretzels,
popcorn, chips or similar food.
(2) A holder of a restaurant or club license located on a
golf course may store liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt
or brewed beverages in a permanent facility on the unlicensed
portion of the golf course so long as the liquor, ready-to-drink
cocktails or malt or brewed beverages remain on the restaurant,
club or golf course without regard to whether there is any
intervening public thoroughfare.
(f) The holder of a hotel or restaurant liquor license may
obtain an off-premises catering permit subject to section
493(33) to hold a catered function off the licensed premises and
on otherwise unlicensed premises where the licensee may sell
wine, liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages by the glass, open bottle or other container, and in
any mixture together with food, for consumption on those
premises. Functions conducted under the authority of the permit
shall be subject to the following:
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(j) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, a person
holding and possessing a valid restaurant or hotel liquor
license may sell prepared beverages and mixed drinks for off-
premises consumption where meals prepared for pick-up or
curbside pick-up are also available. The following shall apply:
(1) Except as provided in this paragraph and paragraph (3),
nothing in this section shall affect the ability of a licensee
to operate within the scope of the licensee's current license as
authorized by this act, provided, however, that no sales of
prepared beverages and mixed drinks for off-premises consumption
may take place after eleven o'clock postmeridian of any day
until the licensee's permitted hours of operation under this
section of the next day, including Sundays if the licensee has a
permit authorized under subsection (a)(3).
(2) The following licensees are prohibited from selling
prepared beverages and mixed drinks for off-premises consumption
under this section:
(i) A licensee whose underlying license is subject to a
pending objection by the director of the Bureau of Licensing or
the board under section 470(a.1), until the matter is decided.
(ii) A licensee whose underlying license has been suspended
under section 1799.6-E of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343,
No.176), known as "The Fiscal Code."
(iii) A licensee that has an interior connection to a
grocery store, convenience store or department store.
(3) For purposes of selling prepared beverages and mixed
drinks for off-premises consumption, a licensed premises shall
not be subject to section 493(14).
(4) A licensee selling prepared beverages and mixed drinks
for off-premises consumption shall utilize a transaction scan
device to verify the age of an individual who appears to be
under thirty-five (35) years of age before making a sale of
prepared beverages and mixed drinks for off-premises
consumption. A licensee may not sell or share consumers'
personal data from the use of a transaction scan device,
provided that the licensee may share the data with the
enforcement bureau of the board as evidence that the licensee is
in compliance with this paragraph.
(5) A licensee selling prepared beverages or mixed drinks
for off-premises consumption shall prominently post a warning
sign in a manner that puts consumers on notice of the
restrictions on alcoholic beverages under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3809
(relating to restriction on alcoholic beverages), and that the
prepared beverages and mixed drinks packaged for sale by the
licensee are open containers and may only be transported by the
driver of a motor vehicle in the vehicle's trunk or in some
other area of the vehicle that is not occupied by the driver or
passengers.
(6) A prepared beverage or mixed drink for off premise
consumption must be affixed with a label identifying that the
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product contains alcohol.
(7) As used in this subsection, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this paragraph
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Convenience store" shall mean a retail business that sells a
range of everyday items, including coffee, groceries, snack
foods, confectionery, soft drinks, tobacco products, over-the-
counter drugs, toiletries, gasoline and magazines.
"Department store" shall mean a retail establishment offering
a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store,
which may include food items.
"Grocery store" shall mean a retail business that primarily
sells a wide variety of fresh and packaged foods, beverages and
other items to be consumed or used off of the store premises.
"Transaction scan device" shall mean a device capable of
deciphering, in an electronically readable format, the
information encoded on the magnetic strip, chip or bar code of
an identification card under section 495(a).
(k) Liquor and wine in the possession of a licensee at the
time the licensed business closes permanently may be sold to
another licensee qualified to sell such products. The licensee
shall notify the board in writing advising the board 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.
Section 5. Section 406.1(a) of the act is amended to read:
Section 406.1. Secondary Service Area.--(a) Upon
application of any restaurant, hotel, club, municipal golf
course liquor licensee, distillery, limited distillery or
manufacturer of malt or brewed beverages or manufacturer of
ready-to-drink cocktails, and payment of the appropriate fee,
the board may approve a secondary service area by extending the
licensed premises to include one additional permanent structure
with dimensions of at least one hundred seventy-five square
feet, enclosed on three sides and having adequate seating. Such
secondary service area must be located on property having a
minimum area of one (1) acre, and must be on land which is
immediate, abutting, adjacent or contiguous to the licensed
premises with no intervening public thoroughfare; however, the
original licensed premises and the secondary service area must
be located on the same tract of land. The board shall have
discretion to refuse the application for a secondary service
area in the same manner it has discretion to refuse an
application for transfer of the license to a new location as set
forth in section 404. There shall be no requirement that the
secondary service area be physically connected to the original
licensed premises. In addition, there shall be no requirement
that the secondary service area be located in the same
municipality as the original licensed premises, provided,
however, that the board shall not approve a secondary service
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area in this case if that secondary service area is located in
any municipality where the granting of liquor licenses has been
prohibited as provided in this article. Notwithstanding 40 Pa.
Code § 7.21, the licensee shall be permitted to store, serve,
sell or dispense food, liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt
or brewed beverages at the board approved secondary service
area.
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Section 6. Section 407 heading and (a)(1) and (2) of the
act, amended June 5, 2020 (P.L.213, No.29), are amended to read:
Section 407. Sale of Malt or Brewed Beverages and Ready-to-
Drink Cocktails by Liquor Licensees.--(a) (1) Every liquor
license issued to a hotel, restaurant, club, or a railroad,
pullman or steamship company under this subdivision (A) for the
sale of liquor shall authorize the licensee to sell malt or
brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails at the same places
but subject to the same restrictions and penalties as apply to
sales of liquor, except that licensees other than clubs may sell
malt or brewed beverages for consumption off the premises where
sold in quantities of not more than one hundred ninety-two fluid
ounces in a single sale to one person. The sales may be made in
either open or closed containers, Provided, however, That a
municipality may adopt an ordinance restricting open containers
in public places. In addition, licensees, other than clubs, may
sell ready-to-drink cocktails for off-premises consumption where
sold in quantities of not more than one hundred ninety-two fluid
ounces in a single sale to one person. No licensee under this
subdivision (A) shall at the same time be the holder of any
other class of license, except a retail dispenser's license
authorizing the sale of malt or brewed beverages only. Sales of
malt or brewed beverages must occur on the licensed premises.
(2) If a restaurant liquor license holder has an interior
connection to another business that it operates, the restaurant
liquor license holder may use one or more of the registers in
the other business to sell malt or brewed beverages and ready-
to-drink cocktails for off-premises consumption under the
following conditions:
(i) the building is eleven thousand square feet or less;
(ii) the registers are located in the same building as the
licensed premises;
(iii) the registers comply with the signage, staffing,
training, carding, scanning and prohibition on the sharing of
data provisions of section 415(a)(8) and (9); and
(iv) the board has been provided notice of compliance with
this paragraph by the restaurant liquor license holder,
including square footage of the building and the location of the
specific registers to be used prior to their use.
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Section 7. Section 408(a) and (e) of the act are amended to
read:
Section 408. Public Service Liquor Licenses.--(a) Subject
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to the provisions of this act and regulations promulgated under
this act, the board, upon application, shall issue retail liquor
licenses to railroad or pullman companies permitting liquor,
ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed beverages to be sold
in dining, club or buffet cars to passengers for consumption
while enroute on such railroad, and may issue retail liquor
licenses to steamship companies permitting liquor, ready-to-
drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages to be sold in the
dining compartments of steamships or vessels wherever operated
in the Commonwealth, except when standing or moored in stations,
terminals or docks within a municipality wherein sales of liquor
for consumption on the premises are prohibited, and may further
issue retail liquor licenses to airline companies permitting
liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages to
be sold to passengers for consumption while enroute on such
airline. Such licenses shall be known as public service liquor
licenses. The board may issue a master license to railroad or
pullman companies to cover the maximum number of cars which the
company shall estimate that it will operate within the
Commonwealth on any one day. Such licensees shall file monthly
reports with the board showing the maximum number of cars
operated in any one day during the preceding month, and if it
appears that more cars have been operated than covered by its
license it shall forthwith remit to the board the sum of twenty
dollars for each extra car so operated.
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(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided, sales of
liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed beverages by
the aforesaid public service company licensees shall be made in
accordance with, and shall be subject to, the provisions of this
act relating to the sale of liquors by restaurant licensees.
Section 8. Section 410(e) of the act is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 410. Liquor Importers' Licenses; Fees; Privileges;
Restrictions.--* * *
(e) Importers' licenses shall permit the holders thereof to
bring or import liquor and ready-to-drink cocktails from other
states, foreign countries, or insular possessions of the United
States, and purchase liquor from manufacturers located within
this Commonwealth, to be sold outside of this Commonwealth or to
Pennsylvania Liquor Stores within this Commonwealth, or when in
original containers of ten gallons or greater capacity, to
licensed manufacturers within this Commonwealth.
All importations of liquor into Pennsylvania by the licensed
importer shall be consigned to the board or the principal place
of business or authorized place of storage maintained by the
licensee.
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(i) The holder of an importer's license may sell and deliver
ready-to-drink cocktails to licensed importers, distributors,
importing distributors, hotels, restaurants and clubs. The sale
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Section 9. Sections 412(f) and (g), 413(f), 414(b)(1), (2),
(3) and (4) and 416(a), (e) and (i)(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the
act are amended to read:
Section 412. Public Venue License.--* * *
(f) Licenses issued under this section are to be considered
restaurant liquor licenses. However, the following additional
restrictions and privileges apply:
(1) Sales may only be made one hour before, during and one
hour after any athletic performance, performing arts event,
trade show, convention, banquet or any other performance at the
facility; however, sales may not be made from two o'clock
antemeridian to seven o'clock antemeridian. In addition, sales
may not occur prior to eleven o'clock antemeridian on Sundays or
seven o'clock antemeridian on Mondays. Notwithstanding this
section, facilities that had been licensed under former sections
408.9 and 408.14 may sell liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails
and/or malt or brewed beverages anytime except from two o'clock
antemeridian to seven o'clock antemeridian or prior to eleven
o'clock antemeridian on Sundays or seven o'clock antemeridian on
Mondays, regardless of whether there is a performance at the
facility.
(2) Sales of alcoholic beverages before, during and after
professional and amateur athletic events, performing arts events
or other entertainment events may consist of liquor, ready-to-
drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages in shatterproof
containers. Sales during trade shows, conventions, banquets or
at other events, or sales made in the club seats or at a
restaurant facility, may consist of liquor, ready-to-drink
cocktails or malt or brewed beverages in any type of container;
however, any liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed
beverages sold in the club seats or restaurant facility must
remain in the club seating level or restaurant facility. For
purposes of this section, a club seat is any seating located on
the designated club seating level and partitioned from general
seating by a wall, divider, partial wall or railing. The club
seating level must not be accessible by the general public.
Sales at zoos during private banquets and other events may be at
any site within zoo property and may consist of any type of
alcohol in any type of container. The board's records shall
clearly delineate where the sale of liquor, ready-to-drink
cocktails or malt or brewed beverages in any type of container
may occur.
(3) Sales of ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages for off-premises consumption are prohibited.
(4) Licenses issued under this section shall not be subject
to: (i) the proximity provisions of sections 402 and 404; (ii)
the quota restrictions of section 461; (iv) the provisions of
section 493(10) except as they relate to lewd, immoral or
improper entertainment; (v) the prohibition against minors
frequenting as described in section 493(14) and (vi) the cost
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and total display area limitations of section 493(20)(i). In
addition, licenses issued under this section shall not be
subject to the provisions defining "restaurant" in section 102.
(g) The board may issue multiple licenses under this section
for use in a public venue with permanent seating of at least
thirty-five thousand people. If the board does issue more than
one license for a specific public venue, written notice of the
event must be provided to the enforcement bureau at least forty-
eight hours in advance of the dispensing of any liquor, ready-
to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages. The notice shall
include the date, time and specific licensed areas to be used.
No more than one license issued under this section shall be in
effect at any location at any time of day at the same time.
Section 413. Performing Arts Facility License.--* * *
(f) Licenses issued under this section are to be considered
restaurant liquor licenses. However, the following additional
restrictions and privileges apply:
(1) Sales of liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or
brewed beverages may be made two hours before, during and one
hour after any performance at the facility; however, sales may
not be made from two o'clock antemeridian to seven o'clock
antemeridian. In addition, sales may not occur prior to ten
o'clock antemeridian or after ten o'clock postmeridian on
Sundays. However, facilities that had been licensed under former
section 408.3(a) and 408.3(a.2) may sell liquor, ready-to-drink
cocktails and malt or brewed beverages anytime except from two
o'clock antemeridian to seven o'clock antemeridian or prior to
one o'clock postmeridian or after ten o'clock postmeridian on
Sundays, regardless of whether there is a performance at the
facility.
(2) Sales of ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages for off-premises consumption are prohibited.
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Section 414. Continuing Care Retirement Community Retail
Licenses.--* * *
(b) Licenses issued under this section are restaurant liquor
licenses for all purposes except as provided herein. However,
the following additional restrictions and privileges apply:
(1) Licenses issued under this section are not subject to
the quota restrictions of section 461.
(2) Sales of liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or
brewed beverages may not occur from two o'clock antemeridian to
seven o'clock antemeridian. In addition, sales may not occur
prior to one o'clock postmeridian or after ten o'clock
postmeridian on Sunday.
(3) Liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages sold or furnished by the licensee may be possessed
anywhere within the continuing care retirement community
regardless of whether that portion of the premises is licensed.
However, no liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed
beverages sold or furnished by the licensee may be taken beyond
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the confines of the continuing care retirement community.
(4) Sales of liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or
brewed beverages may occur in those portions of the premises
licensed by the board as well as in rooms that are lived in or
used by residents of the continuing care retirement community.
Sales of liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages are limited to residents of the continuing care
retirement community and the guests of residents in conjunction
with the normal, regularly scheduled dining, entertainment or
social activities of the continuing care retirement community.
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Section 416. Casino Liquor License.--(a) Notwithstanding
any provision of law or regulation, a slot machine licensee or
an affiliated designee holding a restaurant liquor or eating
place retail dispenser license and which sells liquor, ready-to-
drink cocktails or malt or brewed beverages at or adjacent to a
gaming facility under this act may apply to the board for a
casino liquor license. The board may issue a casino liquor
license to a slot machine licensee for use at the casino liquor
licensee's licensed facility in accordance with this section.
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a holder of
a casino liquor license may sell or serve liquor, ready-to-drink
cocktails and malt or brewed beverages twenty-four (24) hours a
day, seven (7) days a week.
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(i) In addition to any other restrictions and privileges, a
casino liquor license shall be subject to the following:
(1) Sales may be made at any time the facility is open to
the public.
(2) Liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed
beverages may be transported and consumed off the gaming floor
if the liquor, ready-to-drink cocktails or malt or brewed
beverage remains within the premises of the licensed facility.
(3) Sales of ready-to-drink cocktails and malt or brewed
beverages for off-premises consumption are prohibited.
(4) In addition to the provisions of section 493(24)(ii),
the holder of a casino liquor license may give liquor, ready-to-
drink cocktails and malt or brewed beverages free of charge to
any person attending an invitation-only event held anywhere on
the premises of the licensed facility.
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Section 10. The heading of section 417 of the act, added May
21, 2020 (P.L.149, No.21), is amended and the section is amended
by adding subsections to read:
Section 417. [Prepared Beverages and Mixed Drinks for Off-
Premises Consumption During] COVID-19 Disaster Emergency.--* * *
(a.1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the
following shall apply to the temporary extension of the licensed
premises:
(1) Upon receipt of a request from a licensed club, catering
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club, restaurant, retail dispenser, hotel, limited distillery,
distillery, brewery or limited winery, the board may temporarily
extend the licensed premises of the applicant to include any
outside serving area that is:
(i) immediately adjacent to the existing licensed areas; or
(ii) within one thousand feet of the main licensed building,
notwithstanding that the area to be temporarily licensed and the
main licensed building are separated by a public thoroughfare.
(2) The board shall grant immediate operating authority to
the applicant to use the outside area subject to the request
while the board processes the request.
(3) The operating authority under this subsection shall be
terminated if:
(i) a valid protest is received; or
(ii) the board determines that the proposed area does not
meet the requirements of this act and board regulations for the
licensing of the area in question.
(4) A filing fee may not be required from an applicant under
this subsection.
(5) The board may require the applicant to provide any
information that the board deems relevant.
(a.2) The following shall apply to the issuance of off-
premises catering permits:
(1) The board may authorize an unlimited number of off-
premises catered functions to entities that qualify for the
permits under this act.
(2) An application fee may not be required from an entity
requesting a catering permit under this subsection.
(3) An application for a catering permit under this
subsection shall not need to be submitted prior to March 1 of
that calendar year.
(4) A five-hour limit on catered functions shall not apply
to a catering permit under this subsection.
(5) Each requirement under this act applicable to a catered
function that is not specifically waived under this subsection
shall apply.
(a.3) Subsections (a.1) and (a.2) shall expire December 31,
2022.
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Section 11. The heading of subdivision (B) of Article IV of
the act is amended to read:
(B) Malt and Brewed Beverages and
Ready-to-Drink Cocktails (Including Manufacturers).
Section 12. Section 431(b), (b.1), (c), (d) and (f) of the
act, amended June 5, 2020 (P.L.213, No.29), are amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection 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
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for the place which such person desires to maintain for the sale
of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails, 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 and ready-to-drink cocktails 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; however ready-to-drink cocktails
shall only be sold in the original container. 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
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
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malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails. 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
and ready-to-drink cocktails 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 and ready-to-drink cocktails 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
and ready-to-drink cocktails 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 and
ready-to-drink cocktails 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, 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] and manufacturer of
ready-to-drink cocktails and 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
and ready-to-drink cocktails 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
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rights by such manufacturer. In addition, the holder of a
distributor license may not sell or deliver malt or brewed
beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails 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 and ready-to-drink cocktails from the distributor
license holder holds multiple licenses or operates at more than
one location, then the malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-
drink cocktails 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 and ready-to-drink cocktails
to the distributor. Should a licensee accept the delivery of
malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails or
transfer malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails
in violation of this section, said licensee shall be subject to
a suspension of his license for at least thirty days: Provided,
That the 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.
When a Pennsylvania manufacturer of malt or brewed beverages
or manufacturer of ready-to-drink cocktails 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 and ready-to-
drink cocktails 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 and ready-to-drink cocktails to the
distributor. If the licensee purchasing the malt or brewed
beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails from the distributor
license holder holds multiple licenses or operates at more than
one location, the malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink
cocktails 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
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sold the malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails
to the distributor. If a licensee accepts the delivery of malt
or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails or transfers
malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails 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 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.
(b.1) (1) Any person in this Commonwealth or elsewhere who
shall purchase or in any manner whatsoever acquire or otherwise
succeed to the business of a manufacturer, assets or rights to
import, market, ship into this Commonwealth or distribute a
brand of beer or ready-to-drink cocktail, or to use and exploit
any trademark incorporated as part of a brand of beer or ready-
to-drink cocktail produced by such a manufacturer shall be
obligated to all terms of the manufacturer's franchise
agreements in effect on the effective date of the purchase,
acquisition or succession, or, if earlier, at the time the
agreement contemplating the purchase, acquisition or succession
is actually made.
(2) "Purchase" or "acquisition," for purposes of this
section, includes, but is not limited to, a purchase,
acquisition, lease, license or assignment of all or a
controlling interest in the capital stock or operating assets,
including brand trademarks rights; merger; any corporate
reorganization or consolidation; and also, without limitation,
any license, cross-license, joint venture or other agreement or
arrangement, directly or indirectly, transferring, substituting
or materially changing the person or persons authorized by the
one owning or controlling a brand or any trademark as part of a
brand, to produce, import, ship, market or distribute the brand
of beer into or within this Commonwealth.
(3) "Manufacturer," as used in this subsection, shall mean
any person, including any agent of such person, who (i) is
licensed as a manufacturer of malt or brewed beverages or
manufacturer of ready-to-drink cocktails located within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (ii) holds a distributor or
importing distributor license, or (iii) manufactures any malt
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beverage and ready-to-drink cocktail, has title to any malt
beverage and ready-to-drink cocktail products or has the
contractual right to distribute any malt beverage product and
ready-to-drink cocktail, whether licensed in this Commonwealth
or not, who enters into an "agreement" with any importing
distributor licensed to do business in this Commonwealth.
(c) The aforesaid licenses shall be issued only to reputable
individuals, partnerships and associations who are, or whose
members are, citizens of the United States and are residents of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to reputable corporations
organized or duly registered under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. Such licenses shall be issued to corporations
duly organized or registered under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania only when it appears that all of the officers
and directors of the corporation are citizens of the United
States and are residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and that at least fifty-one per centum of the capital stock of
such corporation is actually owned by individuals who are
citizens of the United States and are residents of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Provided, That the provisions of
this subsection with respect to residence requirements shall not
apply to individuals, partners, officers, directors and owners
of capital stock, of corporations licensed or applying for
licenses as manufacturers of malt or brewed beverages and ready-
to-drink cocktails, nor shall the provisions of this subsection
with respect to stockholder requirements apply to corporations
licensed or applying for licenses as manufacturers of malt or
brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails.
(d) (1) All distributing rights as hereinabove required
shall be in writing, shall be equitable in their provisions and
shall be substantially similar as to terms and conditions with
all other distributing rights agreements between the
manufacturer giving such agreement and its other importing
distributors and distributors shall not be modified, cancelled,
terminated or rescinded by the manufacturer without good cause,
and shall contain a provision in substance or effect as follows:
"The manufacturer recognizes that the importing distributor and
distributor are free to manage their business in the manner the
importing distributor and distributor deem best and that this
prerogative vests in the importing distributor and distributor
the exclusive right to establish a selling price, to select the
brands of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails
they wish to handle and to determine the efforts and resources
which the importing distributor and distributor will exert to
develop and promote the same of the manufacturer's products
handled by the importing distributor and distributor. However,
the manufacturer expects that the importing distributor and
distributor will price competitively the products handled by
them, devote reasonable effort and resources to the sale of such
products and maintain a reasonable sales level." "Good cause"
shall mean the failure by any party to an agreement, without
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reasonable excuse or justification, to comply substantially with
an essential, reasonable and commercially acceptable requirement
imposed by the other party under the terms of an agreement.
(2) After January 1, 1980, no manufacturer shall enter into
any agreement with more than one distributor or importing
distributor for the purpose of establishing more than one
agreement for designated brand or brands of malt or brewed
beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails in any one territory.
Each franchise territory which is granted by a manufacturer
shall be geographically contiguous or in counties which are
contiguous with one another. All importing distributors shall
maintain sufficient records to evidence compliance of this
section. With regard to any territorial distribution authority
granted to an importing distributor by a manufacturer of malt or
brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails after January 1,
1996, the records shall establish that each and every case of a
brand of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails
for which the importing distributor is assigned was sold,
resold, stored, delivered or transported by the importing
distributor, either from a point or to a point with the assigned
geographically contiguous territory or in counties which are
contiguous with one another, to any person or persons, whether
such person or persons are licensed by this act or not licensed
by this act.
(3) Except for discontinuance of a brand or a valid
termination for good cause, the purchaser of the assets of the
manufacturer as defined in this act shall become obligated to
all the territorial and brand designations of the agreement in
effect on the date of purchase. Purchase of assets as defined
for the purposes of this act shall include, but not be limited
to, the sale of stock, sale of assets, merger, lease, transfer
or consolidation.
(4) The court of common pleas of the county wherein the
licensed premises of the importing distributor or distributor
are located is hereby vested with jurisdiction and power to
enjoin the modification, rescission, cancellation or termination
of a franchise or agreement between a manufacturer and an
importing distributor or distributor at the instance of such
importing distributor or distributor who is or might be
adversely affected by such modification, rescission,
cancellation or termination, and in granting an injunction the
court shall provide that no manufacturer shall supply the
customers or territory of the importing distributor or
distributor by servicing the territory or customers through
other importing distributors or distributors or any other means
while the injunction is in effect: Provided, however, That any
injunction issued under this subsection shall require the
posting of sufficient bond against damages arising from an
injunction improvidently granted and a showing that the danger
of irrevocable loss or damage is immediate and that during the
pendency of such injunction the importing distributor or
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distributor shall continue to service the accounts of the
manufacturer in good faith.
(5) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to
Pennsylvania manufacturers whose principal place of business is
located in Pennsylvania unless they name or constitute a
distributor or importing distributor as a primary or original
supplier of their products subsequent to the effective date of
this act, or unless such Pennsylvania manufacturers have named
or constituted a distributor or importing distributor as a
primary or original supplier of their products prior to the
effective date of this act, and which status is continuing when
this act becomes effective.
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(f) (1) Any malt or brewed beverage and ready-to-drink
cocktail produced outside this Commonwealth that is repackaged
by a bailee for hire or importing distributor on behalf of an
out of State manufacturer must be returned to the out of State
manufacturer and come to rest out of State before it may reenter
this Commonwealth. Such repackaged malt or brewed beverages and
ready-to-drink cocktails must be distributed through the three-
tier system. Any malt or brewed beverage or ready-to-drink
cocktail that is repackaged by a bailee for hire or importing
distributor on behalf of an in State manufacturer must be
returned to the in State manufacturer and come to rest at the in
State manufacturer's licensed facility.
(2) For purposes of this section, "repackage" shall mean any
change or alteration to the containers or container
configuration of a case.
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(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sales made
to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board and sales made by the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to licensees and nonlicensees
shall not be subject to this section.
Section 13. Sections 440 and 441 of the act are amended to
read:
Section 440. Sales by Manufacturers of Malt or Brewed
Beverages; Minimum Quantities.--A manufacturer may sell malt or
brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails produced and owned
by the manufacturer to individuals on the licensed premises for
consumption on the licensed premises where sold only if it
complies with the conditions and regulations placed upon holders
of brewery licenses under section 446(a)(1). A manufacturer also
may sell any malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink
cocktails produced and owned by the manufacturer to individuals
on the licensed premises for consumption off the licensed
premises in containers or packages of unlimited quantity and of
any volume. No manufacturer may maintain or operate within the
Commonwealth any place or places other than the place or places
covered by his or its license where malt or brewed beverages and
ready-to-drink cocktails are sold or where orders are taken.
Section 441. Distributors' and Importing Distributors'
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Restrictions on Sales, Storage, Etc.--(a) No distributor or
importing distributor shall purchase, receive or resell any malt
or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails except:
(1) in the original containers as prepared for the market by
the manufacturer at the place of manufacture;
(2) in the case of identical containers repackaged in the
manner described by subsection (f); or
(3) as provided in section 431(b).
(b) No distributor or importing distributor shall sell any
malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails in
quantities of less than a case or malt and brewed beverages in
original containers containing less than one hundred twenty-
eight ounces [or more which may be sold separately]: Provided,
That no malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails
sold or delivered shall be consumed upon the premises of the
distributor or importing distributor, or in any place provided
for such purpose by such distributor or importing distributor.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or act, malt
or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails which are part
of a tasting conducted pursuant to the board's regulations may
be consumed on licensed premises.
(c) No distributor or importing distributor shall maintain
or operate any place where sales are made other than that for
which the license is granted.
(d) (1) No distributor shall maintain any place for the
storage of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails
except in the same municipality in which the licensed premises
is located and unless the same has been approved by the board.
In the event there is no place of cold storage in the same
municipality, the board may approve a place of cold storage in
the nearest municipality.
(2) No importing distributor shall maintain any place for
the storage of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink
cocktails except in the franchise territory in which the
licensed premises is located and unless the same has been
approved by the board. The board shall issue no more than four
storage facilities license to an importing distributor. The
storage location shall be designated solely as a storage
facility, from which only sales to other licensees are
permitted. Retail sales may be made at the licensed location
pursuant to subsection (c). If the importing distributor
maintains a storage location for cold storage in the same
municipality in which the importing distributor is licensed or a
nearby municipality, the importing distributor may continue to
maintain that cold storage location in addition to another
storage location within their franchise territory.
(e) No distributor or importing distributor shall purchase,
sell, resell, receive or deliver any malt or brewed beverages
and ready-to-drink cocktails, except in strict compliance with
the provisions of subsection (b) of section 431 of this act.
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more damaged cases, cartons or packages of malt or brewed
beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails, a distributor or
importing distributor may repackage consequent to inadvertent
damage and sell a case, carton or package of identical units of
malt or brewed beverages.
(2) Repackaging is permissible only to the extent made
necessary by inadvertent damage. Repackaging not consequent to
damage is prohibited.
(3) The term "identical units" as used in this subsection
means undamaged bottles or cans of identical brand, package and
volume.
(g) All malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink
cocktails purchased by an importing distributor from a
Pennsylvania manufacturer of malt or brewed beverages or ready-
to-drink cocktails or from any person located outside this
Commonwealth for resale shall be invoiced to the importing
distributor, shall come physically into the possession of such
importing distributor and shall be unloaded into and distributed
from the licensed premises of such importing distributor. The
board may act to further define and control the storage and
distribution of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink
cocktails in conformity with this section and this act.
(h) As used in this section, the term "franchise territory"
shall mean the geographically contiguous area in which an
importing distributor has been given rights for the sale or
resale of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary,
when making a sale of malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-
drink cocktails to a private individual, no distributor or
importing distributor may be required to collect the name,
address or any other identifying information of the private
individual for the purpose of keeping a record of the quantity
of cases or volume of malt or brewed beverages or ready-to-drink
cocktails purchased.
Section 14. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 462.1. Safekeeping.--In addition to the authority
under section 462 and notwithstanding any other provision of
this act, the board shall do the following:
(1) Provide an additional year of safekeeping for a club or
catering club license that was in safekeeping during the
proclamation of disaster emergency. A license under this
paragraph may not be subject to a renewal, validation or late
fee that would be due during the additional year, except that
the licensee must file a renewal or validation that becomes due.
An additional year of safekeeping under this paragraph shall
start on the date of a renewal or validation of the license that
occurs after December 31, 2021, and shall be in addition to the
two years authorized under section 474.
(2) Provide an additional year of safekeeping for a
restaurant, eating place retail dispenser, hotel, importing
distributor and distributor license that was in safekeeping
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during the proclamation of disaster emergency. A license under
this paragraph may not be subject to a renewal, validation, late
or safekeeping fee that would be due during the additional year,
except that the licensee must file a renewal or validation that
becomes due. An additional year of safekeeping under this
paragraph shall start on the date of a renewal or validation of
the license that occurs after December 31, 2021.
Section 15. Section 492(11), (12), (13), (14), (18) and (21)
of the act are amended to read:
Section 492. Unlawful Acts Relative to Malt or Brewed
Beverages and Licensees.--
It shall be unlawful--
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(11) Delivery of Malt or Brewed Beverages And Ready-to-Drink
Cocktails With Other Commodities. For any manufacturer,
importing distributor or distributor, or his servants, agents or
employes, except with board approval, to deliver or transport
any malt or brewed beverages or ready-to-drink cocktails in any
vehicle in which any other commodity is being transported.
(12) Distributors and Importing Distributors Engaging in
Other Business. For any distributor or importing distributor, or
his servants, agents or employes, without the approval of the
board, and then only in accordance with board regulations, to
engage in any other business whatsoever, except the business of
distributing malt or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink
cocktails, except that the sale of the following goods shall be
permitted on the licensed premises of a distributor or importing
distributor:
(i) Any book, magazine or other publication related to malt
or brewed beverages and ready-to-drink cocktails.
(ii) Any equipment, ingredients or other supplies necessary
for the unlicensed manufacture of malt or brewed beverages as
described in paragraph (1), commonly known as "homebrewing."
(13) Possession or Storage of Liquor or Alcohol by Certain
Licensees. For any distributor, importing distributor or retail
dispenser, or his servants, agents or employes, to have in his
possession, or to permit the storage of on the licensed premises
or in any place contiguous or adjacent thereto accessible to the
public or used in connection with the operation of the licensed
premises, any alcohol or liquor[.], except importing
distributors and distributors and their servants, agents and
their employes may possess and store ready-to-drink cocktails.
(14) Malt or Brewed Beverage and Ready-to-drink Cocktail
Licensees Dealing in Liquor or Alcohol. For any malt or brewed
beverage licensee, other than a manufacturer, or the servants,
agents or employes thereof, to manufacture, import, sell,
transport, store, trade or barter in any liquor or alcohol[.],
except importing distributors and their servants, agents and
their employes may import sell, transport and store ready-to-
drink cocktails and distributors and their servants, agents and
their employes may sell, transport and store ready-to-drink
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(18) Coercing Distributors and Importing Distributors. For
any manufacturer or any officer, agent or representative of any
manufacturer to coerce or persuade or attempt to coerce or
persuade any person licensed to sell or distribute malt or
brewed beverages or ready-to-drink cocktails at wholesale or
retail to establish selling prices for its products or to enter
into any contracts or agreements, whether written or oral, or
take any action which will violate or tend to violate any
provisions of this act or any of the rules or regulations
promulgated by the board pursuant thereto.
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(21) Inducing or Coercing Distributors or Importing
Distributors to Accept Unordered Products or Commit Illegal
Acts. For any manufacturer to compel or attempt to compel any
distributor or importing distributor to accept delivery of any
malt or brewed beverages or ready-to-drink cocktails or any
other commodity which shall not have been ordered by the
distributor or importing distributor, or to do any illegal act
by any means whatsoever including, but not limited to,
threatening to amend, cancel, terminate, rescind or refuse to
renew any agreement existing between manufacturer and the
distributor or importing distributor, or to require a
distributor or importing distributor to assent to any condition,
stipulation or provision limiting the distributor or importing
distributor in his right to sell the products of any other
manufacturer.
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Section 16. This act shall take effect immediately.
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See A01710 in
the context
of HB1154