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PRINTER'S NO. 2959
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2090
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY WHEELAND, ROTHMAN, BERNSTINE AND STAATS,
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, NOVEMBER 22, 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
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 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 431. Malt and Brewed Beverages Manufacturers',
Distributors' and Importing Distributors' Licenses.--* * *
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(h) For two years after the effective date of this
subsection, upon application to the board and payment of a fee
of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) by a holder of a
distributor license, the board shall convert a distributor
license under this section to a restaurant license without
regard to the quota restrictions set forth in section 461. This
subsection shall not apply to a distributor license with a
pending objection by the Director of the Bureau of Licensing or
the board under section 470(a.1) until the application for
renewal of the distributor license is approved. This subsection
shall not apply to distributor licenses in a city of the first
class. An application to transfer a restaurant license that was
converted from a distributor license under this subsection in
accordance with section 404 within five years after the board
received the application for the restaurant license shall be
subject to a fee of thirty per centum (30%) or thirty thousand
dollars ($30,000), whichever is greater, of the transactional
cost for the transfer of the restaurant license. A restaurant
license that was converted from a distributor license under this
subsection shall be eligible for transfer to a location in
another county, except that a restaurant license shall not
eligible for transfer to a location in a county of the first
class.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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