{"id":"DUT-PA-018","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania","authority":"Police power of the Commonwealth; Twenty-first Amendment","instrument":"Statute (Liquor Code, Act of Apr. 12, 1951, P.L. 90, No. 21, sec. 471)","title":"Liquor Code section 471, Revocation and Suspension of Licenses; Fines","dateIssued":"1951-04-12","effective":"Standing law throughout 2020 and 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1951-04-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["ALC","DUTY","CLOSE"],"addressees":["specified businesses: liquor licensees"],"clause":"Upon learning of any violation of this act or any laws of this Commonwealth relating to liquor, alcohol or malt or brewed beverages, or of any regulations of the board adopted pursuant to such laws,... or upon any other sufficient cause shown, the enforcement bureau may... cite such licensee to appear before an administrative law judge","enforcement":"sec. 471(b): on proof of \u0027any such violation... or for other sufficient cause,\u0027 the administrative law judge \u0027shall immediately suspend or revoke the license, or impose a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both\u0027; suspension for non-payment within twenty days","functions":[],"notes":"Gave the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement (Pennsylvania State Police) the standing power to cite every liquor licensee (restaurants, bars, hotels, clubs, distributors) for violations of law or \u0027any other sufficient cause,\u0027 with mandatory suspension, revocation or fine on proof; this was the licensing vehicle through which the dine-in closure, occupancy, alcohol-service and mitigation orders (PA-002, PA-016, PA-023, PA-077) were enforced against licensees.","sourceUrl":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information/view-statute?txtType=PDF\u0026SessYr=1951\u0026SessInd=0\u0026ActNum=0021.\u0026chpt=4\u0026subchpt=000.\u0026sctn=71\u0026subsctn=000.","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":84767,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-PA","url":"/library/DUT-PA-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-PA-018","citation":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Liquor Code, Act of Apr. 12, 1951, P.L. 90, No. 21, sec. 471) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-018)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-002","PA-016","PA-023","PA-077","DUT-PA-010","PA-075","PA-105","DUT-PA-003","DUT-PA-015"]}