47 Pa. Stat. § 4-431.1

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 4-431.1 - Malt and brewed beverages alternating brewers' licenses
(a) The board shall be authorized to issue an alternating brewer's license to qualified entities. In order to qualify for the alternating brewer's license, the applicant must demonstrate that it holds a Federal brewer's notice registration issued for a premises within this Commonwealth and meet all the qualifications imposed on the holder of a malt and brewed beverage manufacturer's license.
(b) The holder of an alternating brewer's license shall have all the rights and be subject to the same conditions and qualifications as those imposed on holders of a malt or brewed beverage manufacturer's license except as set forth in this section.
(c) The holder of an alternating brewer's license is not required to maintain separate manufacturing premises; rather, the alternating brewer's license shall be valid at premises that are licensed by another entity under a Pennsylvania manufacturer's license. The holder of an alternating brewer's license shall not be entitled to the limited tax credit available under section 2010 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L. 6, No. 2), known as the "Tax Reform Code of 1971."
(d) Malt and brewed beverages manufactured under the authority of an alternating brewer's license must be distributed in this Commonwealth only through specific importing distributors who shall first have been given distributor rights for such products in designated geographical areas through the distribution system required for out-of-State manufacturers under section 431(b) as well as all other pertinent sections of this act. The alternating brewer must comply with section 444.
(e) The application, renewal and filing fees for a malt and brewed beverages alternating brewer's license shall be as prescribed in section 614-A(10) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No. 175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."

47 P.S. § 4-431.1

1951, April 12, P.L. 90, No. 21, § 431.1, added 2002, Feb. 21, P.L. 103, No. 10, § 7, imd. effective.