PRINTER'S NO. 1452
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
38
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY P. COSTA, V. BROWN, BROWNLEE, COHEN, D. COSTA,
DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, ELLIS, JAMES, KILLION, KOTIK, MILLARD,
O'BRIEN AND SABATINA, MAY 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 6, 2015
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," in
distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire
and transporters for hire, further providing for
distilleries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 505.4(b)(2) and (5) 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) and amended December
22, 2011 (P.L.530, No.113), are amended to read:
Section 505.4. Distilleries.--* * *
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(2) (i) The holder of a limited distillery license may,
separately or in conjunction with other limited distillery
licensees, sell bottled liquors produced by the distillery at no
more than [two (2)] five (5) board-approved locations other than
the licensed premises, with no bottling or production
requirement at those additional board-approved locations and
under such conditions and regulations as the board may enforce
to the board, to individuals and to entities licensed by the
board.
(ii) If two (2) or more limited distilleries apply to
operate an additional board-approved location in conjunction
with each other, the distilleries need only have one (1) board-
approved manager for the location, need only pay one application
fee and need not designate specific or distinct areas for each
distillery's licensed area. A limited distillery must file an
application for the additional board-approved location, and that
location shall count as one (1) of the [two (2)] five (5)
permitted for each limited distillery. A limited distillery is
responsible for keeping only its own complete records. A limited
distillery may be cited for a violation of the recordkeeping
requirements of sections 512 and 513 pertaining to its own
records only.
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(5) The holder of a limited distillery license may provide
tasting samples of liquor that in total do not exceed one and
one-half (1.5) fluid ounces per person on the licensed premises
and at the [two (2)] five (5) board-approved locations. Samples
may be sold or provided free of charge and may only be provided
between the hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and eleven
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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