Section 4-492.1 - Hours of operation relative to manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided, manufacturers may sell or deliver malt or brewed beverages between two o'clock antemeridian of any Monday and twelve o'clock midnight of the following Saturday. Manufacturers may operate extended hours on December 31 of each calendar year until two o'clock antemeridian January 1 of the following calendar year.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, manufacturers may sell malt and brewed beverages and alcohol subject to section 446(a)(2) for on-premises consumption between the hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and twelve o'clock antemeridian Monday through Saturday and Sunday between the hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and eleven o'clock postmeridian. Manufacturers may operate extended hours on December 31 of each calendar year until two o'clock antemeridian January 1 of the following calendar year.(3) The board may issue a manufacturer an extended hours permit permitting the manufacturer to remain open and sell alcohol until two o'clock antemeridian the following calendar day. Following a fifty-dollar ($50) fee, a manufacturer must submit a written application for an extended hours permit under this paragraph to the board in a form prescribed by the board. The following shall apply:(i) Only one manufacturer extended hours permit may be issued to a manufacturer per calendar year and may only be used for one day in that calendar year at all the manufacturer's locations.(ii) The manufacturer shall provide written notice to the local police department, or Pennsylvania State Police if no local police department is available, at least forty-eight hours prior to each use of the manufacturer extended hours permit. Written notice shall include notifying the police of the date, time and place of the extended sale of alcoholic beverages.(b)(1) Importing distributors and distributors may sell or deliver malt or brewed beverages between two o'clock antemeridian of any Monday and twelve o'clock midnight of the following Saturday to holders of a liquor or malt and brewed beverage license or permit issued by the board.(2) Importing distributors and distributors may sell or deliver malt or brewed beverages between eight o'clock antemeridian and eleven o'clock postmeridian of any day, except Sunday, to persons not licensed or permitted by this act.(c) In addition to the hours authorized under subsections (a) and (b), manufacturers, importing distributors and distributors, upon purchasing a permit from the board at an annual fee of one hundred dollars ($100), may sell malt or brewed beverages to persons not licensed under this act or to a holder of a special occasion permit on Sunday between the hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and nine o'clock postmeridian.(d) In addition to the hours authorized under subsections (a) and (b), delivery or receiving of malt or brewed beverages shall be permissible on Sunday after prior arrangement in accordance with the following:(1) A manufacturer may, at any time, deliver to any importing distributor or distributor to which the manufacturer has granted wholesale distribution rights for the manufacturer's product.(2) An importing distributor or distributor may deliver to any organization to which a special occasion permit has been issued between the hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and twelve o'clock noon.(3) An importing distributor or distributor may deliver to persons not licensed under this act between the hours of nine o'clock antemeridian and twelve o'clock noon.(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a brewery pub operating under section 446 shall be subject to the hours of operation set forth by the board through regulation.(f) The term "prior arrangement" shall mean that malt or brewed beverages having a total sale price, excluding any deposits or credits, exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250) have been ordered, invoiced and paid for in full at the seller's licensed premises before the Sunday of delivery.Amended by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 57,§ 9, eff. 9/13/2024.Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 86, § 4.1, eff. 11/21/2019.1951, April 12, P.L. 90, art. IV, § 492.1, added 2005, July 6, P.L. 135, No. 39, §11, effective in 60 days [ 9/6/2005]. Amended 2006 , Jan. 6, P.L. 1, No. 1, § 5, imd. effective; 2011, Dec. 22, P.L. 530, No. 113, § 17, imd. effective.