PRINTER'S NO. 259
No. 242 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, MERRY, WOZNIAK, J. L. WRIGHT, HALUSKA,
COHEN, SWEET, SEVENTY, PRESTON, TRELLO, JOHNSON, SHOWERS,
D. R. WRIGHT, PRATT AND STABACK, FEBRUARY 11, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE,
FEBRUARY 11, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 27, 1937 (P.L.926, No.249), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act relating to the manufacture, repair,
3 renovating, cleansing, sterilizing, and disinfecting of
4 mattresses, pillows, bolsters, feather beds, and other filled
5 bedding, cushions, upholstered furniture and bulk materials
6 intended for use in such products intended for sale or lease,
7 and to the sale or lease thereof; requiring the placing of
8 tag and adhesive stamp on such material; providing for the
9 sale of adhesive stamps; authorizing and requiring the
10 Department of Labor and Industry to adopt rules and
11 regulations; providing penalties; and repealing certain
12 acts," further regulating reports of certain licensees.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 8(D) of the act of May 27, 1937 (P.L.926,
16 No.249), referred to as the Bedding and Upholstery Law, amended
17 August 23, 1961 (P.L.1075, No.485), is amended to read:
18 Section 8. * * *
19 [(D)] (d) Every licensee shall make a report to the
20 secretary every three months. The report shall show the exact
21 number of articles sold in this Commonwealth, or shipped into
22 this Commonwealth, for sale in this Commonwealth by the
1 licensee, which are covered by the provisions of this act during
2 the period covered by the report, and the licensee shall, at the
3 same time, pay to the secretary one and one-half cents (1 1/2¢)
4 for each such article. The reports shall be made [under oath]
5 within thirty days of the expiration of the three month period
6 unless the period is extended by the secretary. Whenever any
7 licensee shall fail to make the report and payment required
8 herein or whenever a report is unsatisfactory, the secretary may
9 cause the books and records of such licensee to be examined for
10 the purpose of determining the correct amount due from such
11 licensee. Any licensee failing to pay any amount found to be
12 due, or the expenses incurred in making the examination, shall
13 forfeit its license and registration.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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