PRINTER'S NO. 1351
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1252
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY BENHAM, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS, SIEGEL,
DEASY, CONKLIN AND GREEN, MAY 24, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MAY 24, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 9, 1936 (Sp.Sess.1, P.L.13, No.4),
entitled "An act imposing an emergency State tax on liquor,
as herein defined, sold by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Board; providing for the collection and payment of such tax;
and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue and the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board," further providing for
emergency tax on liquors and amount of tax and collection.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of the act of June 9, 1936 (Sp.Sess.1,
P.L.13, No.4), entitled "An act imposing an emergency State tax
on liquor, as herein defined, sold by the Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Board; providing for the collection and payment of such
tax; and imposing duties upon the Department of Revenue and the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board," is amended to read:
Section 2. (a) An emergency State tax is hereby imposed and
assessed at the rate of eighteen per centum of the net price of
all liquors sold by the board. The tax herein imposed shall be
collected by the board from the purchasers of the liquor from
the board. [The] Except as provided under subsection (b), the
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amount of such eighteen per centum so collected by the board,
under the provisions of this act, shall be paid into the State
Treasury, through the department, in the manner and within the
times herein specified, and shall be credited to the General
Fund.
(b) On February 1 of each calendar year, the board shall
retain an amount equal to one per centum of the money collected
under subsection (a) during the preceding calendar year. The
following shall apply:
(1) The board may award the amount retained under this
subsection to establish a program to provide grants to saturated
municipalities to address health, welfare and safety issues
associated with the sale and distribution of alcohol.
(2) To qualify for a grant under the program, a saturated
municipality shall have a municipal police department.
(3) The board may use an amount equal to two per centum of
the amount awarded in grants under the program for expenses
associated with administrating the program.
(4) Money retained under this subsection that is not used
for awarding grants under the program or to pay for expenses
associated with administering the program shall be made
available for grants under the program in subsequent calendar
years.
(5) As used in this subsection, the term "saturated
municipality" means a municipality in which the total number of
existing restaurant liquor licenses and eating place retail
dispenser licenses subject to the quota restrictions specified
under section 461 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21),
known as the Liquor Code, is equal to or exceeds one license per
thousand inhabitants or exceeds ten.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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