Pennsylvania HB 1455: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in grants to fire companies and emergency medical services companies, further providing for award of grants, for Fire Company Grant Program and for allocation of appropriated funds.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1706
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1455
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR AND SMITH, MAY 13, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 13, 2025
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
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions;
and, in licenses and regulations relating to liquor, alcohol
and malt and brewed beverages, further providing for
applications for hotel, restaurant and club liquor licenses,
for issuance, transfer or extension of hotel, restaurant and
club liquor licenses, for license fees, for sale of malt or
brewed beverages by liquor licensees and for malt and brewed
beverages manufacturers', distributors' and importing
distributors' licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
No.21), known as the Liquor Code, is amended by adding a
definition to read:
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Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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"Convenience store" shall mean a business that sells gasoline
products in conjunction with a store that sells a range of
everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods,
confectionery, soft drinks, tobacco products, over-the-counter
drugs, toiletries, newspapers, magazines and other consumer
products to customers.
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Section 2. Sections 403 heading and (a) and 404 heading and
(a) of the act are amended to read:
Section 403. Applications for Hotel, Restaurant [and], Club
Liquor and Convenience Store Licenses.--(a) Every applicant for
a hotel liquor license, restaurant liquor license [or], club
liquor or convenience store license or for the transfer of an
existing license to another premises not then licensed or to
another person shall file a written application with the board
in such form and containing such information as the board shall
from time to time prescribe, which shall be accompanied by a
filing fee and an annual license fee as prescribed in section
614-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as
"The Administrative Code of 1929." Every such application shall
contain a description of that part of the hotel, restaurant
[or], club or convenience store for which the applicant desires
a license and shall set forth such other material information,
description or plan of that part of the hotel, restaurant [or],
club or convenience store where it is proposed to keep and sell
liquor as may be required by the regulations of the board. The
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descriptions, information and plans referred to in this
subsection shall show the hotel, restaurant, club, convenience
store or the proposed location for the construction of a hotel,
restaurant [or], club or convenience store, at the time the
application is made, and shall show any alterations proposed to
be made thereto, or the new building proposed to be constructed
after the approval by the board of the application for a license
or for the transfer of an existing license to another premises
not then licensed or to another person. No physical alterations,
improvements or changes shall be required to be made to any
hotel, restaurant [or], club or convenience store, nor shall any
new building for any such purpose, be required to be constructed
until approval of the application for license or for the
transfer of an existing license to another premises not then
licensed or to another person by the board. After approval of
the application, the licensee shall make the physical
alterations, improvements and changes to the licensed premises,
or shall construct the new building in the manner specified by
the board at the time of approval, and the licensee shall not
transact any business under the license until the board has
approved the completed physical alterations, improvements and
changes to