PRINTER'S NO. 189
No. 171 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, PETRARCA, PISTELLA, DISTLER, ITKIN,
WOZNIAK, KOSINSKI, PRESSMANN, TRELLO, HOWLETT, MAIALE, TIGUE,
DOMBROWSKI, PERZEL, LESCOVITZ, MARKOSEK, STABACK, RITTER,
BOOK, CAWLEY, NAHILL, OLASZ, GLADECK, COLAFELLA, MRKONIC AND
REBER, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "An
2 act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and malt and
3 brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and
5 restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession,
6 consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding
7 in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic
8 liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the
9 persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing
11 for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores,
12 for the payment of certain license fees to the respective
13 municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain
14 nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure
15 without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures;
16 providing for local option, and repealing existing laws,"
17 providing special occasion permits for local arts agencies.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
21 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding a
22 definition to read:
23 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
24 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
1 meanings ascribed to them in this section:
2 * * *
3 "Local arts agency" shall mean a nonprofit corporation which
4 has been granted a tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue
5 Service, has as its primary purpose the developing and
6 sustaining of the cultural life of the community, owns and
7 operates a facility in which various arts and crafts classes and
8 workshops are conducted and in which art is exhibited and
9 musical performances are presented, employs a full-time
10 professional staff, and annually sponsors at least one arts
11 festival consisting of exhibits and demonstrations by artists
12 and craftsmen and live performances by musicians.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. Section 408.4(a) of the act, amended July 9, 1984
15 (P.L.659, No.137), is amended to read:
16 Section 408.4. Special Occasion Permits.--(a) Upon
17 application of any hospital, church, synagogue, volunteer fire
18 company, bona fide sportsmen's club in existence for at least
19 ten years, or local arts agency and upon payment of a fee of
20 fifteen dollars ($15) per day, the board shall issue a special
21 occasion permit good for a period of not more than five
22 consecutive days. Special occasion permits may also be issued to
23 a museum operated by a nonprofit corporation in a city of the
24 third class or a nonprofit corporation engaged in the performing
25 arts in a city of the third class for a period of not more than
26 six nonconsecutive or ten consecutive days at a fee of fifteen
27 dollars ($15) per day.
28 * * *
29 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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