PRINTER'S NO. 689
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
619
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SIMMONS, COHEN, MILLARD, LONGIETTI, JAMES, KORTZ,
BARRAR, MACKENZIE, EVERETT, GABLER, EVANKOVICH, GINGRICH,
O'BRIEN, V. BROWN, KILLION, TOOHIL, SCHREIBER, HELM AND DAY,
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 24, 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
licenses and regulations, further providing for wine auction
permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 408.12(a) 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 July 16, 2007
(P.L.107, No.34), is amended to read:
Section 408.12. Wine Auction Permits.--(a) Upon application
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of:
(1) any nonprofit hospital;
(2) any nonprofit public television station which is a
member of the Pennsylvania Public Television Network;
(3) any orchestra located in a county of the first, second
or third class which is operated by a nonprofit corporation;
(4) any museum located in a county of the first, second or
third class which is operated by a nonprofit corporation;
(5) any nonprofit corporation located in any county of the
third class which trains and places dogs for people who are
physically handicapped;
(6) any nationally recognized community-based voluntary
health organization committed to fighting cancer which has been
in existence for at least ninety years;
(7) any nationally recognized emergency response
organization that offers humanitarian care to victims of war or
natural disaster and has been in existence for at least one
hundred twenty-five years;
(8) any nationally recognized organization whose purpose is
to serve as an agent to collect funds for local charities, as
well as to coordinate relief services, counsel and refer clients
to cooperating agencies and make emergency assistance grants and
has been in existence for at least one hundred twenty years;
[or]
(9) any hospice as defined under section 802.1 of the act of
July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the "Health Care
Facilities Act"; or
(10) any college or university which is a member of the
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of
Pennsylvania;
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and upon payment of a fee of thirty dollars ($30) per day, the
board shall issue a wine auction permit good for a period of not
more than four consecutive or nonconsecutive days per calendar
year.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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