PRINTER'S NO. 2372
No. 1912 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY B. SMITH, HERSHEY, M. COHEN, RUBLEY, MELIO,
SCHULER, TRAVAGLIO, FRANKEL, BAKER, CORRIGAN, JOSEPHS, LYNCH,
S. MILLER, SAYLOR, SOLOBAY, STERN, WATERS, WILLIAMS AND
YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 4, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
OCTOBER 4, 1999
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 by requiring certain construction and ways of
5 egress, equipment, and maintenance; providing for the
6 licensing of projectionists, except in cities of the first
7 class and second class; requiring the submission of plans for
8 examination and approval; providing for the promulgation of
9 rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act;
10 providing for the enforcement of this act by the Department
11 of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, boards of
12 school directors and, in certain cases, by the chiefs of fire
13 departments in cities of the third class; providing penalties
14 for violations of the provisions of this act; and repealing
15 certain acts," prohibiting smoking on certain buses;
16 authorizing promulgation of regulations by the Department of
17 Health; and imposing a penalty.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299),
21 referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, is amended by adding a
22 section to read:
23 Section 10.2. Smoking on Buses Prohibited.--(a) No person
24 shall smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe or other
1 lighted smoking device on a bus providing intrastate service to
2 the public or to a private party in this Commonwealth.
3 (b) A notice prohibiting smoking shall be posted in each bus
4 which is subject to the provisions of this section.
5 (c) A violation of this section shall be punishable by a
6 civil penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50).
7 (d) The Department of Health shall promulgate and adopt
8 regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
9 section.
10 (e) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
11 shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:
12 "Bus" means a motor vehicle having a seating capacity of ten
13 or more passengers, excluding the driver.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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