Pennsylvania Act 1996-111 — LIQUOR CODE - AMEND USE OF STATE STORES FUND

Act text

Session of 1996

No. 1996-111

HB 1334

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 use of The State Stores Fund.

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

Section 1. Section 802 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), is amended by adding a subsection to read:

Section 802. Moneys Paid Into The State Stores Fund for Use of the Commonwealth.--* * *

(g) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be transferred from the State Stores Fund in accordance with subsection (f) to the Children's Health Fund for health care for indigent children established by section 1296 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the "Tax Reform Code of 1971," to carry out the provisions of the act of December 2, 1992 (P.L.741, No.113), known as the "Children's Health Care Act," for the fiscal year July 1, 1996, to June 30, 1997. Funds transferred under this subsection shall not be subject to the limitation set forth in section 3101 of the "Children's Health Care Act."

Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

APPROVED--The 11th day of July, A. D. 1996.

THOMAS J. RIDGE