PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2935, 3131 PRINTER'S NO. 3350
No. 2301 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. VALICENTI, NOVAK, GIAMMARCO, JOHNSON,
FLAHERTY, TRELLO, MISCEVICH, ABRAHAM, STEWART, GRAY, JONES,
MELUSKEY, MUSTO AND MRKONIC, APRIL 5, 1978
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 6, 1978
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," providing for quilted clothing.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Sections 1, 7(e) and 12(c), act of May 27, 1937
16 (P.L.926, No.249), referred to as the Bedding and Upholstery
17 Law, are amended to read:
18 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the provisions herein
19 set forth shall be construed to cover and apply to the
20 manufacture, repair, and renovation of all mattresses, pillows,
21 bolsters, feather beds, and other filled bedding and quilted
22 clothing of any description, also to cushions and all types of
1 upholstered furniture which are intended for sale or lease in
2 this Commonwealth, and to the sale or lease thereof.
3 Section 7. * * *
4 (e) The size of the tag required by this section shall be
5 not less than six (6) square inches, and the lettering thereon,
6 covering the statement of filling materials and whether new or
7 secondhand, shall be in plain type not less than one-eighth
8 (1/8) inch in height: Provided, however, That the department may
9 by rules and regulations specify a tag of a smaller size AND THE <--
10 INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED ON SUCH TAG to be placed on all
11 quilted clothing covered by this amending act.
12 Section 12. * * *
13 (c) Each mattress, pillow, bolster, feather bed, [and] or
14 other filled bedding, or quilted clothing, cushion, or article
15 of upholstered furniture manufactured, repaired, or renovated,
16 sold, offered for sale, or leased or possessed with intent to
17 sell or lease, contrary to the provisions of this act or of the
18 rules and regulations established thereunder, shall constitute a
19 separate offense and shall be punishable as provided in [clause]
20 subsection (a) of this section.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days as to all
22 items of quilted clothing manufactured after the passage of this
23 amending act.
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