PRINTER'S NO. 60
No. 60 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY J. L. WRIGHT JR., BURNS, WEIDNER, LEHR,
L. E. SMITH AND STAIRS, JANUARY 19, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE,
JANUARY 19, 1977
AN ACT
1 For the protection of the public on highways and streets;
2 requiring the owners of drive-in motion picture theatres to
3 construct the screens upon which the motion pictures are
4 projected in such a manner that the projected picture is not
5 visible from any traveled highway or street outside the
6 theatre enclosure or to erect shields of fence necessary to
7 accomplish such purpose and providing penalties.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. In order to protect the public on highways and
11 streets from accidents caused by distractions, the owner of any
12 drive-in motion picture theatre located within the Commonwealth
13 shall construct the screen upon which motion pictures are
14 projected in such a manner that the projected picture is not
15 visible from any traveled highway or street outside the theatre
16 enclosure or erect shields or fence necessary to accomplish such
17 purpose.
18 Section 2. After the effective date of this act any owner of
19 a drive-in theatre who is in violation of this act shall, upon
20 summary conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and costs
1 of prosecution, or shall undergo imprisonment for not more than
2 ten days, or both. Each and every day's continuance in violation
3 of this act shall be a separate and distinct offense.
4 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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