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PRINTER'S NO. 2808
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2003
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, GROVE, RYAN, BARRAR, KAUFFMAN, JAMES,
KEEFER, MOUL, LAWRENCE, BERNSTINE AND GLEIM, OCTOBER 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, OCTOBER 29, 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
disposition of moneys collected under provisions of act,
further providing for moneys paid into the State Stores Fund
for use of the Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 802(f) of the act of April 12, 1951
(P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended and the
section is amended by adding subsections to read:
Section 802. Moneys Paid Into The State Stores Fund for Use
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[(f) Any moneys in the State Stores Fund, from time to time,
which may not be required for any of the purposes specified in
this act or in the act of December 20, 1933 (Sp.Sess., P.L.89,
No.15), entitled "An act appropriating the moneys in The State
Stores Fund," shall be paid over into the General Fund and shall
be available for the payment of appropriations made from the
General Fund. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, with the
approval of the Governor, shall, from time to time, fix the
amount of money which may be so paid over into the General Fund
and by its requisition shall direct the Department of the
Auditor General and the Treasury Department to transfer such
moneys from the State Stores Fund to the General Fund. The
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board shall, immediately upon voting
to pay over any moneys from the State Stores Fund to the General
Fund, notify the chairman and minority chairman of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairman and
minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House
of Representatives of such transfer of moneys.]
(f.1) The Governor shall recommend an amount for transfer
from the State Stores Fund to the General Fund as part of the
budget submission required by section 613 of the act of April 9,
1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of
1929."
(f.2) An amount transferred from the State Stores Fund to
the General Fund in a General Appropriation Act or other act
shall be effectuated in at least two installments. No less than
half the amount shall be transferred to the General Fund by
December 31 during the fiscal year and the remaining amount
shall be transferred to the General Fund by the following June
15.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020, or
immediately, whichever is later.
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