HB 380 — An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.

PRINTER'S NO.    345

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 380
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, SMITH AND BARGER, JANUARY 28, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, JANUARY 28, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), entitled "An
 2      act relating to alcoholic liquors, alcohol and malt and
 3      brewed beverages; amending, revising, consolidating and
 4      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," in
17      preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions.
18      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19   hereby enacts as follows:
20      Section 1.    The definition of "eligible entity" in section
21   102 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the
22   Liquor Code, amended July 15, 2024 (P.L.700, No.57), is amended
23   to read:
24      Section 102.    Definitions.--The following words or phrases,
25   unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the
26   meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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 2      "Eligible entity" [shall mean a city of the third class, a
 3   hospital, a church, a synagogue, a volunteer fire company, a
 4   volunteer ambulance company, a volunteer rescue squad, a unit of
 5   a nationally chartered club which has been issued a club liquor
 6   license, a club which has been issued a club liquor license and
 7   which, as of December 31, 2002, has been in existence for at
 8   least 100 years, a library, a nationally accredited Pennsylvania
 9   nonprofit zoological institution licensed by the United States
10   Department of Agriculture, a nonprofit agricultural association
11   in existence for at least ten years, a bona fide sportsmen's
12   club in existence for at least ten years, a nationally chartered
13   veterans' organization and any affiliated lodge or subdivision
14   of such organization, a fraternal benefit society that is
15   licensed to do business in this Commonwealth and any affiliated
16   lodge or subdivision of such fraternal benefit society, any
17   nationally recognized community-based voluntary health
18   organization committed to fighting cancer, which has been in
19   existence for at least 100 years, a museum operated by a
20   nonprofit corporation, a nonprofit corporation engaged in the
21   performing arts, an arts council, a nonprofit corporation that
22   operates an arts facility or museum, a nonprofit organization as
23   defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
24   1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) whose purpose is
25   to protect the architectural heritage of a municipality and
26   which has been recognized as such by a resolution of the
27   municipality, a nonprofit organization as defined under section
28   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-
29   514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) conducting a regatta in a city of
30   the second class with the permit to be used on State park

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 1   grounds or conducting a family-oriented celebration as part of
 2   Welcome America in a city of the first class on property leased
 3   from that city for more than fifty years, a nonprofit
 4   organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
 5   Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) whose purpose is to
 6   raise funds for the research and treatment of cystic fibrosis, a
 7   nonprofit organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the
 8   Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) whose
 9   purpose is to educate the public on issues dealing with
10   watershed conservation, a nonprofit organization as defined
11   under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
12   (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) whose purpose is to
13   provide equine or canine assisted activities for children and
14   adults with special needs, a nonprofit economic development
15   agency in a city of the second class with the primary function
16   to serve as an economic generator for the greater southwestern
17   Pennsylvania region by attracting and supporting film,
18   television and related media industry projects and coordinating
19   government and business offices in support of a production, a
20   county tourist promotion agency as defined in section 2 of the
21   act of July 4, 2008 (P.L.621, No.50), known as the "Tourism
22   Promotion Act," a junior league that is a nonprofit organization
23   as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
24   of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)) that is comprised of women whose
25   purpose is exclusively educational and charitable in promoting
26   the volunteerism of women and developing and participating in
27   community projects and that has been in existence for over
28   seventy years, a nonprofit organization as defined under section
29   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and whose purpose
30   is the education and promotion of American history, a nonprofit

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 1   organization as defined under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal
 2   Revenue Code of 1986 whose purpose is to support business and
 3   industry, a brewery which has been issued a license to
 4   manufacture malt or brewed beverages and has been in existence
 5   for at least 100 years or a club recognized by Rotary
 6   International and whose purpose is to provide service to others,
 7   to promote high ethical standards and to advance world
 8   understanding, goodwill and peace through its fellowship of
 9   business, professional and community leaders or a nonprofit
10   organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
11   Revenue Code of 1986 (Public Law 99-514, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3))
12   whose purpose is to promote mushrooms while supporting local and
13   regional charities, a museum operated by a not-for-profit
14   corporation in a city of the second class A, a nonprofit
15   organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
16   Revenue Code of 1986 which is located in a city of the second
17   class A and has as its purpose economic and community
18   development, a nonprofit organization as defined under section
19   501(c)(3) or (6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is
20   located in a city of the third class in a county of the fifth
21   class, a nonprofit social service organization defined under
22   section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 located
23   in a county of the third class whose purpose is to serve
24   individuals and families in that county of the third class, a
25   nonprofit organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the
26   Internal Revenue Code of 1986 whose main purpose is to
27   temporarily foster stray and unwanted animals and match them to
28   suitable permanent homes or a nonprofit organization as defined
29   under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 who
30   operates either a Main Street Program or Elm Street Program

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 1   recognized by the Commonwealth, the National Trust for Historic
 2   Preservation or both, a nonprofit radio station that is a member
 3   of the National Public Radio network, a nonprofit public
 4   television station that is a member of the Pennsylvania Public
 5   Television Network or a nonprofit organization as defined under
 6   section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 whose
 7   purpose is to promote awareness, education and research and to
 8   provide a support system for patients with neutropenia and their
 9   families through a national resource network, a nonprofit
10   organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
11   Revenue Code of 1986 whose main purpose is to stimulate
12   community development by facilitating residential and retail
13   growth in a city of the second class located in a county of the
14   second class or a nonprofit community development corporation
15   organized under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
16   of 1986 that serves an adjoining borough and township in a
17   county of the second class and whose main purpose is to
18   facilitate commercial development and foster neighborhood
19   stabilization, a nonprofit organization as defined under section
20   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 whose purpose is
21   to provide young people with a program to build character, to
22   teach the responsibilities of citizenship and to develop
23   personal fitness with a goal of creating future leaders, a
24   nonprofit as defined in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
25   Revenue Code of 1986 whose main purpose is to assist children
26   and their families who are facing financial hardship due to the
27   death of a parent, a nonprofit as defined under section 501(c)
28   (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 whose purpose is to
29   allocate funds for research to expedite a cure achromatopsia, a
30   nonprofit organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the

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 1   Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is located in a city of the
 2   first class, was organized as a community development
 3   organization to promote health, safety and welfare of the
 4   residents, businesses and institutions of a neighborhood of a
 5   city of the first class, and whose works include public
 6   promotions, neighborhood improvement projects and commercial
 7   corridor improvements, including a business improvement
 8   district, or a nonprofit organization as defined under section
 9   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is
10   responsible for providing services to members of the armed
11   forces of the United States and relief to disaster victims in
12   the United States and abroad, or any neighborhood improvement
13   district management association as defined in section 3 of the
14   act of December 20, 2000 (P.L.949, No.130), known as the
15   "Neighborhood Improvement District Act," that has been
16   established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under section
17   501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a nonprofit
18   organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
19   Revenue Code of 1986 located in a city of the first class whose
20   purpose is to support initiatives to enrich the lives of
21   children, teens and families especially those in need, to reach
22   their full potential as productive and responsible citizens and
23   has been in existence for at least seventy-five years, or a
24   nonprofit organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the
25   Internal Revenue Code of 1986 located in a city of the second
26   class and incorporated as a nonprofit in 1982 that offers adult
27   education and family literacy, or a nonprofit organization as
28   defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
29   1986 located in a city of the third class and county of the
30   sixth class, whose purpose is primary and secondary education

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 1   and educational ministry of the Diocese of Erie, a nonprofit
 2   organization as defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
 3   Revenue Code located in a county of the fourth class that had a
 4   population between 142,000 and 144,000 based on the 2010
 5   Decennial Census of the Bureau of the Census and provides
 6   rewards for information that leads to the arrest of individuals
 7   that may have committed a crime or a nonprofit organization as
 8   defined under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
 9   1986 which is located in a city of the third class in a county
10   of the fifth class whose mission is to improve the quality of
11   life for individuals with developmental disabilities and the
12   families of the individuals through advocacy, education, support
13   and socialization and that has been in existence for over sixty
14   years.] shall mean a city of the third class, a hospital, a
15   church, a synagogue, a volunteer fire company, a volunteer
16   ambulance company, a volunteer rescue squad, a unit of a
17   nationally chartered club which has been issued a club liquor
18   license, a club which has been issued a club liquor license and
19   which, as of December 31, 2002, has been in existence for at
20   least 100 years, a library, a nationally accredited Pennsylvania
21   nonprofit zoological institution licensed by the United States
22   Department of Agriculture, a nonprofit agricultural association
23   in existence for at least ten years, a bona fide sportsmen's
24   club in existence for at least ten years, a nationally chartered
25   veterans' organization and any affiliated lodge or subdivision
26   of such organization, a fraternal benefit society that is
27   licensed to do business in this Commonwealth and any affiliated
28   lodge or subdivision of such fraternal benefit society, any
29   nationally recognized community-based voluntary health
30   organization committed to fighting cancer which has been in

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 1   existence for at least 100 years, a museum operated by a
 2   nonprofit corporation, a nonprofit corporation engaged in the
 3   performing arts, an arts council, a nonprofit corporation that
 4   operates an arts facility or museum, a nonprofit organization as
 5   defined under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(6) (relating to exemption from
 6   tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc.) whose purpose is to
 7   support business and industry, a nonprofit organization as
 8   defined under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) or (6) that is located in a
 9   city of the third class in a county of the fifth class, a
10   nonprofit economic development agency in a city of the second
11   class with the primary function to serve as an economic
12   generator for the greater southwestern Pennsylvania region by
13   attracting and supporting film, television and related media
14   industry projects and coordinating government and business
15   offices in support of a production, a county tourism promotion
16   agency as defined in section 2 of the act of July 4, 2008
17   (P.L.621, No.50), known as the "Tourism Promotion Act," a
18   brewery which has been issued a license to manufacture malt or
19   brewed beverages and has been in existence for at least 100
20   years, a club recognized by Rotary International and whose
21   purpose is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical
22   standards and to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace
23   through its fellowship of business, professional and community
24   leaders, a museum operated by a nonprofit corporation in a city
25   of the second class A, a nonprofit radio station that is a
26   member of the National Public Radio network, a nonprofit public
27   television station that is a member of the Pennsylvania Public
28   Television Network or a nonprofit organization as defined under
29   26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).
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1     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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