PRINTER'S NO. 538
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
513
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, FONTANA, KEARNEY AND STEFANO,
APRIL 9, 2021
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, APRIL 9, 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
Pennsylvania Liquor Stores, further providing for sales by
Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 305(b) and (b.1) of the act of April 12,
1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, are amended to
read:
Section 305. Sales by Pennsylvania Liquor Stores.--* * *
(b) Every Pennsylvania Liquor Store shall sell liquors at
wholesale to hotels, restaurants, clubs, and railroad, pullman
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and steamship companies licensed under this act; and, under the
regulations of the board, to pharmacists duly licensed and
registered under the laws of the Commonwealth, and to
manufacturing pharmacists, and to reputable hospitals approved
by the board, or chemists. Sales to licensees shall be made at a
price that includes a discount of ten per centum from the retail
price; except that special order sales to licensees authorized
in subsection (a) shall not be subject to the ten per centum
discount. The board may sell to registered pharmacists only such
liquors as conform to the Pharmacopoeia of the United States,
the National Formulary, or the American Homeopathic
Pharmacopoeia. The board may sell at special prices under the
regulations of the board, to United States Armed Forces
facilities which are located on United States Armed Forces
installations and are conducted pursuant to the authority and
regulations of the United States Armed Forces. All other sales
by such stores shall be at retail, except that incentives, such
as coupons or discounts on certain products, may be offered to
unlicensed customers of the board as provided under sections
207(m) and 493(24)(ii)(B). A person entitled to purchase liquor
at wholesale prices may purchase the liquor at any Pennsylvania
Liquor Store upon tendering cash, check or credit card or, in
accordance with regulations of the board, upon payment within
thirty days of the date of sale, for the full amount of the
purchase. For this purpose, the board shall issue a discount
card to each licensee identifying such licensee as a person
authorized to purchase liquor at wholesale prices. Such discount
card shall be retained by the licensee. The board may contract
through the Commonwealth bidding process for delivery to
wholesale licensees at the expense of the licensee receiving the
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delivery.
(b.1) The board may contract with a licensed transporter for
hire through the Commonwealth bidding process for delivery to
retail licensees and permit holders at the expense of the
licensee or permit holder receiving delivery. Payment shall be
by credit card or electronic fund transfer [only] and may occur
no later than the time of delivery[.] or, in accordance with
regulations of the board, within thirty days of the date of
delivery.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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