PRINTER'S NO. 3203
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1997
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY P. COSTA, BRIGGS, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, W. KELLER,
McNEILL, NEILSON, READSHAW, STURLA AND THOMAS, APRIL 14, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, APRIL 14, 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, providing for national event permit.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. 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) is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 408.17. National Event Permit.--(a) Upon
application of the chief executive of a national political party
conducting its national convention in this Commonwealth, or his
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or her designee, or the official host committee of the national
convention, the board may issue a national event permit or
permits for events directly connected to the convention.
(b) The application shall include an application fee of
five-thousand dollars ($5,000). No additional fee shall be
required for any subsequent application.
(c) The board shall approve the application unless doing so
would clearly be against the public interest. If the board
approves the application, the board shall determine the
location, date and hours that the permit shall be in effect.
More than one location may be licensed at one time.
(d) The permit shall have the same rights and restrictions
as a special occasion permit issued under section 408.4, except
as follows:
(1) The permit shall not be subject to the hours restriction
under section 408.4(k), the days restrictions under section
408(i) or the notice requirements under section 408.4(j).
(2) The permit may be issued to a location that is already
licensed by the board so long as the board clearly states which
permit or license is in effect.
(3) The permit holder may accept, import, possess or resell
donated alcohol acquired from licensed and unlicensed entities
so long as it receives board approval prior to doing so. The
donated alcohol does not need to come to rest at a Pennsylvania
Liquor Store prior to its use by the permit holder, unless the
board so directs.
(4) If the proposed location is subject to a conditional
licensing agreement that imposes additional conditions on the
sale and service of alcohol at that location, the board may in
its discretion waive some or all of those conditions while the
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permit is in effect.
(5) No sales for off-premises consumption may occur unless
the premises is already licensed by the board. In those cases,
sales for off-premises consumption shall be subject to the same
rights and restrictions as are imposed on the underlying
license.
(e) A copy of each approved permit shall be made available
to the public on the board's publicly accessible Internet
website.
(f) This section shall expire on July 29, 2016, and no
permit shall remain in effect after that date.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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