THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY REESE, BENNINGHOFF, DAY, EVANKOVICH, GROVE, HARKINS, KRIEGER, KULA, MASSER, MOUL, PETRI, PYLE AND RAPP, MAY 18, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 18, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as

reenacted, "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,"

further providing for rights of municipalities preserved.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 493.1(d) of the act of April 12, 1951

(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended

June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14), added April 13, 2006, (P.L.78,

No.26), is amended to read:

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

(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

contrary, a restaurant, hotel or public venue liquor license:

(1)  located on premises owned by a city of the first

class, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and

which contains a structure that is at least one hundred (100)

years old; or

(2)  owned or leased by the licensee which consists of at

least one hundred (100) contiguous acres shall not be subject

to the board's regulations regarding amplified music nor

subject to the provisions of section 471.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.