PRINTER'S NO. 670

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 607 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY BOYES, THOMAS, EGOLF, PETRONE, HENNESSEY, TRELLO,
           YOUNGBLOOD, ROBERTS AND DALEY, FEBRUARY 7, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 7, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
     2     reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and
     3     malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating
     4     and 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     further providing for licenses issued in resort areas.

    18     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    19  hereby enacts as follows:
    20     Section 1.  Section 461 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
    21  No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
    22  1987 (P.L.32, No.14), is amended by adding a subsection to read:
    23     Section 461.  Limiting Number of Retail Licenses To Be Issued
    24  In Each Municipality.--* * *
    25     (b.1)  Any license issued by the board pursuant to subsection

     1  (b) may not be transferred by the licensee to any other person
     2  within three years from the date of issuance, and any person to
     3  whom such license is transferred may not transfer such license
     4  to any other person within three years from the date such
     5  license is transferred.
     6     * * *
     7     Section 2.  This act shall apply to resort licenses issued
     8  after the effective date of this act.
     9     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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