PRINTER'S NO. 1966
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1550
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DAWKINS, BULLOCK, HARRIS, MURT, MILLARD, KINSEY,
HILL-EVANS, A. DAVIS, McCLINTON, NEILSON AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JUNE 3, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JUNE 3, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "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
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
and, in Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, further providing
for general powers of board.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding a
definition to read:
Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
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meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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"Elected official" shall mean an individual elected to a
State or local office and who represents an area in which an
establishment licensed under this act is located.
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Section 2. Section 207 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 207. General Powers of Board.--Under this act, the
board shall have the power and its duty shall be:
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(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to notify
each elected official by certified letter that an application
for a license in the area that the elected official represents
has been received. The notification under this subsection must
be made within fifteen days of receipt of the application for a
license.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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