PRINTER'S NO. 1627
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1497
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY JONES, MOUL, ZIMMERMAN, NEILSON, ROTHMAN, DOWLING,
PUSKARIC, HERSHEY AND ROWE, MAY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 26, 2021
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 rights of
municipalities preserved.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 493.1(e)(1) and (2) of the act of April
12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are amended
to read:
Section 493.1 Rights of Municipalities Preserved.--* * *
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
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contrary, the holder of a [limited winery] license under this
act that is located in a class 2A through 8 county may use or
permit to be used inside or outside of the licensed premises a
loudspeaker or similar device whereby the sound of music or
other entertainment, or the advertisement thereof, does not
exceed 75 decibels beyond the licensee's property line.
(2) The provisions of [subsection (a)] paragraph (1) shall
only apply:
(i) From ten o'clock antemeridian until [eight] ten o'clock
postmeridian on every day except Fridays and Saturdays; and
(ii) From ten o'clock antemeridian until [ten] twelve
o'clock [postmeridian] antemeridian on Fridays or Saturdays.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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