Bill Text: PA HB140 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for the sale of liquor to licensees.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-30 - Referred to LIQUOR CONTROL [HB140 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB140-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 136
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 140 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, GEIST, MARSICO, MILLER, MOUL, MURT, PICKETT, PRESTON, RAPP, SONNEY, STABACK, TURZAI AND WANSACZ, JANUARY 30, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 30, 2009
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
reenacted, "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,"
further providing for the sale of liquor to licensees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 305(b) of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.
90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June
29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended July 6, 2005 (P.L.135, No.
39), is 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
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] eighteen per centum from
the retail price. 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. 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 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 delivery.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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