PRINTER'S NO. 2609

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2032 Session of 1975


        INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, McLANE, WANSACZ, SCHMITT, GREEN, CESSAR,
           ZORD, LETTERMAN, FISHER, CUMBERLAND, TRELLO, GEISLER,
           GIAMMARCO, JOHNSON, OLIVER, MILLIRON, S. E. HAYES JR.,
           DiCARLO, DOMBROWSKI, PERRY, TAYLOR, McCALL, SHANE,
           ECKENSBERGER, FRYER, RENWICK, O'BRIEN AND MYERS,
           DECEMBER 10, 1975

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE,
           DECEMBER 16, 1975

                                     AN ACT

     1  Requiring notice when a gratuity or service fee is to be imposed
     2     upon hotel, motel and restaurant charges.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  No hotel, motel or restaurant shall impose a
     6  gratuity or service fee upon its charges unless notice of such
     7  an imposition is conspicuously noted on the registration card in
     8  the case of hotels and motels and on the menu in the case of
     9  restaurants.
    10     Section 2.  No person shall be liable for the gratuity or
    11  service fee referred to in section 1 unless the notation is made
    12  as so provided.
    13     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.


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