PRINTER'S NO. 1965
No. 1697 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, DeLUCA, DALEY, PETRONE, TRELLO, STABACK,
PISTELLA, BELFANTI AND JAROLIN, MAY 26, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MAY 26, 1993
AN ACT
1 Providing for responsibility of owners of shopping centers and
2 malls for short-term vendors.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Short-Term
7 Vendor Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Short-term vendor." A vendor who, by lease or other
13 agreement, is authorized to sell products or services at a
14 shopping center or mall for not more than 60 days.
15 Section 3. Responsibility.
16 The owner of a shopping center or mall shall be responsible
17 for the acts of short-term vendors who fail to provide the
1 products or services for which they were paid by customers, and
2 shall reimburse any such customers who file valid claims with
3 the owner of the shopping center or mall within 90 days of the
4 promised date of delivery of the product or service.
5 Section 4. Limitation.
6 The limit on payments with respect to claims against any
7 particular short-term vendor shall be $1,000.
8 Section 5. Bond.
9 The owner of a shopping center or mall may require short-term
10 vendors to post a bond of $1,000 to cover claims which may be
11 filed under this act.
12 Section 6. Effective date.
13 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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