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Committee approves bill treating long-closed sites as new liquor-license locations, applies proximity rules
Summary
The House Liquor Control Committee voted to approve House Bill 559 as amended, directing the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to treat certain long-closed or previously unlicensed sites as new locations for liquor-license approvals so proximity requirements apply and surrounding communities have notice.
The House Liquor Control Committee on Wednesday approved House Bill 559, as amended, a measure that would require the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to treat a retail importing or distributor license transfer to a previously unlicensed or long-closed site as a new location for license approval, making applicable all statutory proximity requirements.
Representative Isaacson, who sponsored the bill, said the change aims to give surrounding communities…
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