PRINTER'S NO. 3138
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1973
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY LONGIETTI, YOUNGBLOOD, FREEMAN, STAATS, SAINATO,
THOMAS, JAMES, MILLARD, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, BURNS,
BULLOCK, FRANKEL, GIBBONS, McNEILL AND MOUL, APRIL 8, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 8, 2016
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 breweries; and, in
distilleries, wineries, bonded warehouses, bailees for hire
and transporters for hire, further providing for limited
wineries and for distilleries.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 446(a)(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 22, 2011
(P.L.530, No.113), is amended to read:
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Section 446. Breweries.--(a) Holders of a brewery license
may:
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(2) Operate a restaurant or brewery pub on the licensed
premises under such conditions and regulations as the board may
enforce: Provided, however, That sales on Sunday may be made
irrespective of the volume of food sales if the licensed
premises are at a public venue location. The holder of a brewery
license may sell at its brewery pub premises [Pennsylvania wines
it has purchased from either the holder of a Pennsylvania
limited winery license or from the board] wines produced by the
holder of a limited winery license or liquor produced by a
licensed distillery or limited distillery: Provided, however,
That said wines and liquor must be consumed at the licensed
brewery pub premises.
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Section 2. Section 505.2(a)(6.1) of the act, amended June
28, 2011 (P.L.55, No.11), is amended to read:
Section 505.2. Limited Wineries.--(a) In the interest of
promoting tourism and recreational development in Pennsylvania,
holders of a limited winery license may:
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(6.1) Sell food for consumption on or off the licensed
premises and at the limited winery's additional board-approved
locations and sell by the glass, at the licensed premises and at
the limited winery's additional board-approved locations, [only]
wine and alcoholic ciders that may otherwise be sold by the
bottle. In addition, the holder of a limited winery license may
sell for consumption on the licensed premises, and at the
limited winery's additional board-approved locations, liquor
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produced by a licensed distillery or limited distillery and malt
or brewed beverages produced by a licensed brewery.
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Section 3. Section 505.4(b)(1) of the act, amended December
22, 2011 (P.L.530, No.113), is amended to read:
Section 505.4. Distilleries.--* * *
(b) (1) The board may issue a limited distillery license
that will allow the holder thereof to operate a distillery that
shall not exceed production of one hundred thousand (100,000)
gallons of distilled liquor per year. The holder of the license
may manufacture and sell bottled liquors produced on the
licensed premises to the board, to entities licensed by the
board and to the public between the hours of nine o'clock
antemeridian and eleven o'clock postmeridian so long as a
specific code of distilled liquor which is listed for sale as a
stock item by the board in State liquor stores may not be
offered for sale at a licensed limited distillery location at a
price which is lower than that charged by the board and under
such conditions and regulations as the board may enforce. The
holder of a limited distillery license may also sell wines
produced by a licensed limited winery or malt or brewed
beverages produced by a licensed brewery for on-premises
consumption.
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Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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