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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Liquor Code § 417 as added by Act 21 of 2020 (PA-075)
- Issued
- 2020-05-21 May 21, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-21
- End
- With Act 21 of 2020's authority (end of the disaster emergency) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- May 21, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Alcohol and bars
- Addressees
- hotel and restaurant liquor licensees
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Pennsylvania PA
Operative words
On May 21, 2020, the Governor signed HB 327 (PN 3678) into law. Now known as Act 21 of 2020, it made two temporary but significant changes to the way liquor is distributed in Pennsylvania. These changes allow certain retail licensees to sell prepared beverages and mixed drinks to go to non-licensees and allow certain retail licensees to sell liquor to each other.... A 'prepared beverage and mixed drink' is defined as a sealed container holding between 4 and 64 fluid ounces of spirits (liquor) and mixer that have been combined at the licensed premises.... Only hotel and restaurant license holders who have lost at least 25% of their average monthly [total sales during the disaster emergency may sell mixed drinks to go]... 9. How does a licensee establish that it meets the 25% threshold?... a licensee must show that it has lost more than 25% of its average monthly [sales]...
Enforcement
Liquor Code; PLCB; Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement
Notes
The alcoholic-beverage regulator's own implementing instrument; the PLCB's Mar. 17, 2020 closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores is PA-117 (secondary).