Liquor license fees paid off in Limerick, too.
POTTSTOWN PA – Pottstown, Collegeville and Royersford boroughs, and Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick townships were among 61 Montgomery County (PA) municipalities that recently were paid licensing fees by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) for the six-month period ending July 31, the board reported Friday (Oct. 23, 2009).
Fees are collected whenever a liquor license application, renewal or validation is approved, according to PLCB Chairman Patrick Stapleton. The money is distributed to the municipality where the license is located to help defray the cost of local law enforcement. PLCB cuts its license fee checks twice a year.
Receiving fee reimbursements, and the amounts paid, were:
- Pottstown, $5,450;
- Limerick, $4,950;
- Collegeville, $800;
- Royersford, $450; and
- Lower Pottsgrove, $250.
All municipalities combined received more than $2.3 million in fees, the board said. The largest distribution during the six-month period was for $385,875 to the City of Pittsburgh.
There are almost 20,000 liquor licensees and permittees statewide, including restaurants, clubs and beer distributors. To continue selling alcohol, licensees and permittees are required by Pennsylvania’s Liquor Code to renew or validate their licenses annually.
Established in 1933 at the end of the national Prohibition, the PLCB regulates the distribution of beverage alcohol. Additionally, the board operates 618 Wine & Spirits Stores. It reported sales of more than $1.8 billion in fiscal 2008-09, and a return of $494.5 million in taxes and profits to the state.
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