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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MILLARD, BARRAR, EVERETT, GEIST, GRELL, KORTZ, PEIFER, PICKETT, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STEVENSON, J. TAYLOR AND YUDICHAK, MARCH 27, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 27, 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 definitions. |
18 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
19 | hereby enacts as follows: |
20 | Section 1. The definition of "performing arts facilities" in |
21 | section 102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known |
22 | as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29, 1987 (P.L.32, |
23 | No.14) and amended December 20, 2000 (P.L.992, No.141), is |
24 | amended to read: |
25 | Section 102. Definitions.--The following words or phrases, |
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1 | unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the |
2 | meanings ascribed to them in this section: |
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4 | "Performing arts facilities" shall mean those halls or |
5 | theaters in which live musical, concert, dance, ballet and |
6 | legitimate play book-length productions are performed. |
7 | Performing arts facilities shall not mean those halls or |
8 | theaters in which burlesque shows or reviews are performed. If |
9 | the operator of the performing arts facility is a nonprofit |
10 | entity, the facility must have seating for at least five hundred |
11 | (500) people; if the operator of the facility is a non-profit |
12 | entity in an incorporated town designated as such by the act of |
13 | March 4, 1870 (P.L.343, No.335), entitled "An act to define the |
14 | limits and to organize the town of Bloomsburg," the facility |
15 | must have seating for two hundred and fifty (250) people; |
16 | otherwise, the facility must have seating for at least twenty- |
17 | five hundred (2,500) people. |
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19 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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