Bill Text: PA HB735 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for appointment of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board members and their terms and salaries and for chairman of the board.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-14 - Referred to LIQUOR CONTROL [HB735 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2013-HB735-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 837

 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

HOUSE BILL

No.

735

Session of 2013

 

 

 

INTRODUCED BY PETRI AND KORTZ, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

 

 

REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, FEBRUARY 14, 2013

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled, as
reenacted, "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,"
further providing for appointment of Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Board members and their terms and salaries and for
chairman of the board.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 201 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90,
No.21), known as the Liquor Code, reenacted and amended June 29,
1987 (P.L.32, No.14) and amended February 21, 2002 (P.L.103,
No.10), is amended to read:

Section 201. Appointment of Members; Terms; Salaries.--An
independent administrative board to be known as the

"Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board" is hereby created. The board
shall consist of [three] nine members to be appointed by the
Governor by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all
the members of the Senate, not more than [two] six of whom shall
be from the same political party as the Governor. Of the members
first appointed after the effective date of this amendatory act,
one member shall serve a term of three years, one member shall
serve a term of four years, and one member shall serve a term of
five years. Subsequent terms shall be for four years, ending on
the third Tuesday in May. A member may continue to hold office
for a period not to exceed six months beyond the expiration of
that member's term if a successor to that member has not been
duly appointed and qualified according to law. Each of the
members shall receive an annual salary pursuant to the
provisions of the act of September 30, 1983 (P.L.160, No.39),
known as the "Public Official Compensation Law."

Section 2. Section 203 of the act is amended to read:

Section 203. Chairman of Board.--(a) The Governor shall
designate one of the board members as chairman who shall serve
in that position at the pleasure of the Governor. The chairman
shall, when present, preside at all meetings, and in his absence
a member designated by the chairman shall preside.

(b) [Two] Six members of the board shall constitute a
quorum, and any action or order of the board shall require the
approval of at least [two] six members.

Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.