PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is reinvesting in local communities.
The Board today announced that it is returning more than $2.3 million to 1,365 municipalities where licensees are located as part of its biannual requirement to return liquor license fees paid by PLCB-approved licensees to the municipalities that are home to those licenses.
Municipalities have flexibility in allocating and spending the returned license fees to meet local needs.
The PLCB says it has reinvested nearly $17.5 million to Pennsylvania municipalities over the last five fiscal years.
The Board oversees the regulation of more than 15,000 retail liquor licenses statewide, including restaurants, clubs and hotels. Licensees pay liquor license fees ranging from $125 to $700, depending on the type of license and the population of the municipality in which the license is located, as part of the annual license renewal or validation process, as well as in conjunction with approval of certain new applications.
The current dispersal period represents fees paid from Feb. 1 to July 31, 2024. In all, 56 cities, 541 boroughs, and 768 townships will receive payments ranging from $50 to $232,750. A complete list of beneficiaries is available online.
