PRINTER'S NO. 1571
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1196
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, MAY 13, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 13, 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 and liquor, alcohol and malt and
brewed beverages, further providing for malt and brewed
beverages manufacturers', distributors' and importing
distributors' licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 431(d)(2) 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 20, 1996
(P.L.1513, No.196), is amended to read:
Section 431. Malt and Brewed Beverages Manufacturers',
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Distributors' and Importing Distributors' Licenses.--* * *
(d) * * *
(2) After January 1, 1980, no manufacturer shall enter into
any agreement with more than one distributor or importing
distributor for the purpose of establishing more than one
agreement for designated brand or brands of malt or brewed
beverages in any one territory. Each franchise territory which
is granted by a manufacturer shall be geographically contiguous.
All importing distributors shall maintain sufficient records to
evidence compliance of this section. With regard to any
territorial distribution authority granted to an importing
distributor by a manufacturer of malt or brewed beverages after
January 1, 1996, the records shall establish that each and every
case of a brand of malt or brewed beverages for which the
importing distributor is assigned was sold, resold, stored,
delivered or transported by the importing distributor, either
from a point or to a point with the assigned geographically
contiguous territory, to any person or persons, whether such
person or persons are licensed by this act or not licensed by
this act. As used in this paragraph, the term "geographically
contiguous area" shall include two district areas which are
separated by no more than five miles at the closest point.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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