Section 6

Act 160 of 1990, § 6, under LIQUOR CODE - OMNIBUS AMENDMENTS.

Act 160 of 1990, § 6

Section 6. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 499. Premises to be Vacated by Patrons.--(a) Except as provided for in subsection (b), all patrons of a licensee shall be required to leave that part of the premises habitually used for the serving of liquor or malt or brewed beverages to guests or patrons not later than one-half hour after the time the licensee is required by this act to cease serving liquor or malt or brewed beverages and shall not be permitted to have any previously served liquor or malt or brewed beverages in their possession, nor shall they be permitted to remove any previously served liquor or malt or brewed beverages from that part of the premises.

(b) A licensee may serve food between the hours of two o'clock antemeridian and seven o'clock antemeridian on any day if such licensee either possesses or is eligible to purchase a Sunday sales permit in accordance with section 406 and receives an extended hours food license. The board shall establish an annual fee for the extended hours food license which shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50).

(c) Any owner of licensed premises who violates this section for the first offense commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300) or to imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, and for the second or any subsequent offense commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.