CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 652, 1704, 1882 PRINTER'S NO. 1891
No. 617 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY PITTS, LAUGHLIN, KOLTER, GRAY, NOYE, HASAY, HAYES,
GEORGE, DeVERTER, MERRY, PHILLIPS, GAMBLE, PUNT AND
CUNNINGHAM, FEBRUARY 18, 1981
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 16, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 1, 1937 (P.L.2681, No.537), entitled
2 "An act relating to, and regulating the manufacture, storing,
3 and possession of explosives; requiring permits for
4 magazines, and prescribing permit fees; and providing
5 penalties," exempting the storage of certain explosives from
6 regulation by the department and requiring certain quantities
7 of explosives in commercial establishments to be stored in
8 specified magazines and imposing a penalty.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The act of July 1, 1937 (P.L.2681, No.537),
12 entitled "An act relating to, and regulating the manufacture,
13 storing, and possession of explosives; requiring permits for
14 magazines, and prescribing permit fees; and providing
15 penalties," is amended by adding sections to read:
16 Section 10.1. (a) Commercially POSSESSION AND STORAGE OF <--
17 COMMERCIALLY manufactured black powder in quantities not to
18 exceed fifty pounds, percussion caps, safety and pyrotechnic
19 fuses, quills, quick and slow matches, and friction primers,
1 intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, cultured
2 purposes in antique firearms or antique devices as defined in
3 section 921(a)(16) of Title 18 of the United States Code shall
4 be exempt from regulation by the Department of Environmental
5 Resources.
6 (b) Smokeless powder, primers used for reloading rifle or
7 pistol cartridges, shot shells, percussion caps and smokeless
8 propellants intended for personal use shall be exempt from
9 regulation by the Department of Environmental Resources.
10 (c) The quantity and distance for unbarricaded magazines for
11 the storage of black powder in quantities not to exceed one
12 thousand pounds shall be in accordance with Federal regulations.
13 (d) The Department of Environmental Resources may adopt
14 regulations with respect to the quantity and distance for
15 unbarricaded magazines for the storage of black powder in
16 quantities of one thousand pounds or more.
17 Section 10.2. (a) Not more than fifty pounds of black
18 powder shall be permitted STORED in a commercial establishment <--
19 LICENSED TO STORE EXPLOSIVES BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF <--
20 TREASURY'S BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS. It shall be
21 stored in a Class C magazine which shall be mounted on wheels
22 for easy removal in case of fire. The magazine shall be located
23 in close proximity to an outside door.
24 (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section
25 shall be guilty of a summary offense.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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