PRINTER'S NO. 513
No. 452 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY JAROLIN, WARGO, D. R. WRIGHT, KOSINSKI,
AFFLERBACH, JOHNSON, DALEY, PERZEL, COY, HERMAN, PISTELLA,
STEIGHNER, LINTON, ALDERETTE, F. E. TAYLOR, BALDWIN, TIGUE,
BLAUM, McCALL, COSLETT, TELEK, KASUNIC, CAWLEY, TRUMAN,
OLIVER, WILLIAMS, CARN AND HASAY, MARCH 16, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 16, 1983
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 increasing certain penalties.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. Section 494 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
21 No.21), known as the Liquor Code, amended May 25, 1956 (1955
22 P.L.1743, No.583), is amended to read:
23 Section 494. Penalties.--(a) Any person who shall violate
24 any of the provisions of this article, except as otherwise
1 specifically provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
2 upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
3 less than one hundred dollars ($100), nor more than five hundred
4 dollars ($500), and on failure to pay such fine, to imprisonment
5 for not less than one month, nor more than three months, and for
6 any subsequent offense, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not
7 less than three hundred dollars ($300), nor more than five
8 hundred dollars ($500), and to undergo imprisonment for a period
9 not less than three months, nor more than one year.
10 (a.1) Any person who furnished intoxicating beverages to a
11 minor in violation of section 493(1) shall be guilty of a
12 misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine
13 of not less than five hundred dollars ($500), nor more than one
14 thousand dollars ($1,000), and for any subsequent offense, shall
15 be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty
16 dollars ($750), nor more than one thousand five hundred dollars
17 ($1,500). If, for any reason, a person who has been convicted
18 fails to pay the fine, such person shall be sentenced to a term
19 of imprisonment of not less than two months, or greater than
20 nine months.
21 (b) The right of the board to suspend and revoke licenses
22 granted under this article shall be in addition to the penalty
23 set forth in this section.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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