Bill Text: PA HB1936 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Further providing for the sale of certain containers of malt or brewed beverages by distributors and importing distributors.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-24 - Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 2599 [HB1936 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1936-Amended.html

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CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2585 PRINTER'S NO. 2599
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1936 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, BAKER, BRIGGS, BROWN, DENLINGER, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, HENNESSEY, KAUFFMAN, MOUL, MURT, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, K. SMITH, STERN, TRUE, WATERS AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 17, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, AUGUST 17, 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 certain containers of malt
or brewed beverages by distributors and importing
distributors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 441(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 December 9, 2002
(P.L.1653, No.212), is amended to read:
Section 441. Distributors' and Importing Distributors'
Restrictions on Sales, Storage, Etc.--* * *
(b) (1) No distributor or importing distributor shall sell
any malt or brewed beverages in quantities of less than a case
or original containers containing one hundred twenty-eight fluid
ounces or more which may be sold separately: Provided, That no
malt or brewed beverages sold or delivered shall be consumed
upon the premises of the distributor or importing distributor,
or in any place provided for such purpose by such distributor or
importing distributor. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this section or act, malt or brewed beverages which are part of
a tasting conducted pursuant to the board's regulations may be
consumed on licensed premises.
(2) No distributor or importing distributor shall sell malt
or brewed beverages in a container containing one hundred
twenty-eight fluid ounces or more without first requiring the
purchaser to execute a numbered form providing for the
purchaser's name and address and such other information as the
board may prescribe. Following execution of the numbered form,
the distributor or importing distributor shall affix to the
container an identification sticker that corresponds to the
number on the form completed by the purchaser. Records required
under this clause shall be maintained in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the board.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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