PRINTER'S NO. 3113
No. 2246 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY SALVATORE, J. L. WRIGHT, GEIST, GRIECO, PETRONE,
GANNON, PERZEL, GLADECK, SAURMAN, KOSINSKI, LINTON, NOYE,
GREENWOOD, E. Z. TAYLOR, FISCHER, TRELLO, MICHLOVIC, DeLUCA
AND WESTON, JUNE 5, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 5, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, making it illegal to sell certain
3 residential property without an operable smoke detector
4 installed therein.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 3309. Sale of private residential property without smoke
10 detectors.
11 (a) Offense defined.--A person who sells a private
12 residential property, whether new or previously owned, without
13 at least one operable smoke detector installed in each living
14 unit contained therein commits a misdemeanor of the third
15 degree.
16 (b) Definition.--As used in this section the term "private
17 residential property" means a building structure containing
18 habitational accommodations for a total not exceeding four
1 families, whether or not the structure is occupied in whole or
2 in part by the owner.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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