PRINTER'S NO. 982
No. 896 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MRKONIC, AUSTIN, ITKIN, DUFFY, GRAY, McMONAGLE,
DAWIDA, MURPHY, SEVENTY, PISTELLA, TRELLO, KNIGHT, WARGO,
COHEN, RAPPAPORT, ZELLER, REED, POTT, CIMINI, TELEK, SWIFT,
A. K. HUTCHINSON, BARBER, ZORD, GRIECO, GOEBEL,
J. J. JOHNSON, CESSAR, SCHMITT, COLE, HARPER, M. H. GEORGE,
STEIGHNER, CIANCIULLI, MILANOVICH, McCALL, RICHARDSON,
MULLEN, NOYE AND ZITTERMAN, MARCH 28, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 28, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to provide for the safety of persons
3 employed, housed, or assembled in certain buildings and
4 structures not in cities of the first class, second class,
5 and second class A, by requiring certain construction and
6 ways of egress, equipment, and maintenance; providing for the
7 licensing of projectionists, except in cities of the first
8 class and second class; requiring the submission of plans for
9 examination and approval; providing for the promulgation of
10 rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act;
11 providing for the enforcement of this act by the Department
12 of Labor and Industry and, in certain cases, by the chiefs of
13 fire departments in cities of the third class; providing
14 penalties for violations of the provisions of this act; and
15 repealing certain acts," further requiring the installation
16 of smoke detectors in all municipalities except cities of the
17 first class.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The title, act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465,
21 No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, amended January
22 14, 1952 (P.L.1889, No.518), is amended to read:
23 AN ACT
1 To provide for the safety of persons employed, housed, or
2 assembled in certain buildings and structures not in cities
3 of the first class, second class, and second class A, by
4 requiring certain construction and ways of egress, equipment,
5 and maintenance; requiring the installation of smoke
6 detectors in all municipalities except cities of the first
7 class; providing for the licensing of projectionists, except
8 in cities of the first class and second class; requiring the
9 submission of plans for examination and approval; providing
10 for the promulgation of rules and regulations for the
11 enforcement of this act; providing for the enforcement of
12 this act by the Department of Labor and Industry and, in
13 certain cases, by the chiefs of fire departments in cities of
14 the third class; providing penalties for violations of the
15 provisions of this act, and repealing certain acts."
16 Section 2. Section 3 of the act, amended April 11, 1939
17 (P.L.18, No.17), is amended to read:
18 Section 3. Special Requirements.--(a) There shall be
19 installed such emergency lighting systems, sprinkler systems,
20 and fire alarm systems, in such of the buildings enumerated in
21 this act as the Department of Labor and Industry may specify and
22 which in its judgment are necessary to give proper protection
23 from fire and panic to those employed, assembled, lodged or
24 housed therein. No such systems shall be installed unless they
25 are of a type approved by the Department of Labor and Industry.
26 (b) All buildings, except in cities of the first class,
27 covered by the provisions of this act, shall be equipped with
28 smoke detectors of a type approved by the Department of Labor
29 and Industry. The approved smoke detectors shall be installed in
30 such places and in such manner as the Department of Labor and
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1 Industry shall require by regulations.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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