PRINTER'S NO. 587
No. 537 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY BOYES, ITKIN, WOGAN, CAPPABIANCA, FATTAH, BOWSER,
VROON, JOHNSON, LASHINGER, ANGSTADT, CLYMER, OLASZ, PERZEL,
TELEK, BLACK, CARLSON, JADLOWIEC AND ROBBINS, MARCH 2, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 2, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 21, 1953 (P.L.1273, No.361), entitled
2 "An act to regulate the business of private detectives,
3 investigators and watch, guard, or patrol agencies, and the
4 licensing thereof in each county; providing penalties,"
5 removing certain limitations on contingent fees.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 16 of the act of August 21, 1953
9 (P.L.1273, No.361), known as The Private Detective Act of 1953,
10 is amended to read:
11 Section 16. Unlawful Acts.--It is unlawful for the holder of
12 a license issued under this act, or for any employe of such
13 licensee, knowingly to commit any of the following acts, within
14 or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: to incite,
15 encourage, or aid in the incitement or encouragement of, any
16 person or persons who have become a party to any strike to do
17 unlawful acts against the person or property of any one, or to
18 incite, stir up, create, or aid in the inciting of discontent or
19 dissatisfaction among the employes of any person, partnership,
1 association, or corporation with the intention of having them
2 strike, to interfere or prevent lawful and peaceful picketing
3 during strikes, to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employes
4 in the exercise of their right to form, join, or assist any
5 labor organization of their own choosing, to interfere or hinder
6 the lawful or peaceful collective bargaining between employes
7 and employers, to pay, offer, or give any money, gratuity,
8 favor, consideration, or other thing of value, directly or
9 indirectly, to any person, for any verbal or written report of
10 the lawful activities of employes in the exercise of their right
11 of self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor
12 organizations, and to bargain collectively through
13 representatives of their own choosing, to advertise for,
14 recruit, furnish or replace, or offer to furnish or replace, for
15 hire or reward, within or without the Commonwealth of
16 Pennsylvania, any help or labor, skilled or unskilled, or to
17 furnish or offer to furnish armed guards, other than armed
18 guards theretofore regularly employed, for the protection of
19 payrolls, property or premises, for service upon property which
20 is being operated in anticipation of or during the course or
21 existence of a strike, or furnish armed guards upon the highways
22 for persons involved in labor disputes, or to furnish or offer
23 to furnish to employers or their agents, any arms, munitions,
24 tear gas, implements, or any other weapons, or to send letters
25 or literature to employers offering to eliminate labor unions,
26 or distribute or circulate any list of members of a labor
27 organization, or to advise any person of the membership of an
28 individual in a labor organization for the express purpose of
29 preventing those so listed or named from obtaining or retaining
30 employment. The violation of any of the provisions of this
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1 section shall constitute a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
2 thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five
3 hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars
4 ($1000), or to imprisonment for not less than six (6) months nor
5 more than one (1) year or both. [It is unlawful for the holders
6 of a license to furnish or perform any services described in
7 subsections (a) and (b) of section 2 of this act on a contingent
8 or percentage basis, or to make or enter into any agreement for
9 furnishing services of any kind or character, by the terms or
10 conditions of which agreement the compensation to be paid for
11 such services to the holder of a license is partially or wholly
12 contingent or based upon a percentage of the amount of money or
13 property recovered or dependent in any way upon the result
14 achieved.]
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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