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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, KILLION, KORTZ, MANN, MILLARD AND MOUL, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 23, 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 | further providing for applicants for wine auction permits. |
18 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
19 | hereby enacts as follows: |
20 | Section 1. Section 408.12(a) of the act of April 12, 1951 |
21 | (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended |
22 | June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended July 16, 2007 (P.L. |
23 | 107, No.34), is amended to read: |
24 | Section 408.12. Wine Auction Permits.--(a) Upon application |
25 | of: |
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1 | (1) any nonprofit hospital; |
2 | (2) any nonprofit public television station which is a |
3 | member of the Pennsylvania Public Television Network; |
4 | (3) any orchestra located in a county of the first, second |
5 | or third class which is operated by a nonprofit corporation; |
6 | (4) any museum located in a county of the first, second or |
7 | third class which is operated by a nonprofit corporation; |
8 | (5) any nonprofit corporation located in any county of the |
9 | third class which trains and places dogs for people who are |
10 | physically handicapped; |
11 | (6) any nationally recognized community-based voluntary |
12 | health organization committed to fighting cancer which has been |
13 | in existence for at least ninety years; |
14 | (7) any nationally recognized emergency response |
15 | organization that offers humanitarian care to victims of war or |
16 | natural disaster and has been in existence for at least one |
17 | hundred twenty-five years; |
18 | (8) any nationally recognized organization whose purpose is |
19 | to serve as an agent to collect funds for local charities, as |
20 | well as to coordinate relief services, counsel and refer clients |
21 | to cooperating agencies and make emergency assistance grants and |
22 | has been in existence for at least one hundred twenty years; |
23 | [or] |
24 | (9) any hospice as defined under section 802.1 of the act of |
25 | July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48), known as the "Health Care |
26 | Facilities Act"; or |
27 | (10) any university which is a member of the Association of |
28 | Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania and which |
29 | is located in a township of the second class in a county of the |
30 | third class; |
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1 | and upon payment of a fee of thirty dollars ($30) per day, the |
2 | board shall issue a wine auction permit good for a period of not |
3 | more than four consecutive or nonconsecutive days per calendar |
4 | year. |
5 | * * * |
6 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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