Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
General. Retail licensees may discount the price of alcoholic
beverages for not more than 4 consecutive or nonconsecutive hours in a day and
not more than 14 hours in a week. Retail licensees may not engage in discount
pricing practices between 12 midnight and the legal closing hour. Retail
licensees shall post on the licensed premises notice of happy hours. The notice
shall be posted so that it is readily visible to the public. The notice shall
be posted no less than 7 days prior to the happy hour. Retail licensees may not
engage in the following discount pricing practices unless specifically excepted
in subsection (b):
(1) The sale or serving, or
both, of more than one drink of liquor, wine, or malt or brewed beverages at
any one time to any one person, for the price of one drink.
(2) The sale or serving, or both, of an
increased volume of one drink of liquor, wine, or malt or brewed beverages
without a corresponding and proportionate increase in the price for the
drink.
(3) The sale or serving, or
both, of an unlimited or indefinite amount of liquor, wine, or malt or brewed
beverages for a set price.
(4) The
pricing of alcoholic beverages in a manner which permits the price to change
within a happy hour period.
(b)
Exceptions. Nothing in
subsection (a) prohibits:
(1) The sale or
serving, or both, of an unlimited or indefinite amount of liquor, wine, or malt
or brewed beverages for a fixed price for catered events which have been
arranged at least 24 hours in advance.
(2) The offering for sale of one specific
type of alcoholic beverage or drink per day or a portion thereof at a reduced
price, if the offering does not violate subsection (a) and if the price of the
drink does not change during the offering. For purposes of this section, a
specific type of alcoholic beverage means either a specific registered brand of
malt or brewed beverages, a type of wine, a type of distilled spirits or a
mixed drink. Examples of permissible drink discounts are found in Board
Advisory Notice 16.
(3) Events
conducted under the authority of subsection (b) may not be counted against the
4-hour daily or the 14-hour weekly limitation on happy hours in subsection
(a).
The provisions of this §13.102 amended under section
207(i) of the Liquor Code (47 P. S. §
2-207(i)).
