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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, PARKER, BRENNAN AND STABACK, MARCH 24, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 24, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as |
2 | reenacted, "An act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and |
3 | malt and brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating |
4 | and changing the laws relating thereto; regulating and |
5 | restricting the manufacture, purchase, sale, possession, |
6 | consumption, importation, transportation, furnishing, holding |
7 | in bond, holding in storage, traffic in and use of alcoholic |
8 | liquors, alcohol and malt and brewed beverages and the |
9 | persons engaged or employed therein; defining the powers and |
10 | duties of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board; providing |
11 | for the establishment and operation of State liquor stores, |
12 | for the payment of certain license fees to the respective |
13 | municipalities and townships, for the abatement of certain |
14 | nuisances and, in certain cases, for search and seizure |
15 | without warrant; prescribing penalties and forfeitures; |
16 | providing for local option, and repealing existing laws," |
17 | providing for an age verification system. |
18 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
19 | hereby enacts as follows: |
20 | Section 1. The act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known |
21 | as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, |
22 | No.14), is amended by adding a section to read: |
23 | Section 218. Age Verification System.--(a) It is the |
24 | purpose of this section to require an accurate identification |
25 | system and to provide privacy and confidentiality of information |
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1 | obtained from an individual's driver's license unless the |
2 | individual gives his expressed consent otherwise. This section |
3 | shall only apply to limited licensees. |
4 | (b) The board shall require any limited licensee that sells |
5 | alcoholic beverages for consumption on or off the premises to |
6 | install, maintain and use electronic age verification equipment |
7 | that scans identification cards and displays the age of the |
8 | person as indicated on the card. |
9 | (c) Any limited licensee that fails to comply with this |
10 | section commits a violation of this act and shall be subject to |
11 | the penalties provided in section 494. |
12 | (d) As used in this section, the following words and phrases |
13 | shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection: |
14 | "Electronic age verification equipment" shall mean equipment |
15 | that electronically reads an identification card and displays |
16 | the age of the person identified on the card. |
17 | "Limited licensee" shall mean a licensee who has a |
18 | restaurant, hotel or malt or brewed beverage license issued by |
19 | the board in a city of the first class. |
20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days. |
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