PRINTER'S NO. 402
No. 399 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, FEBRUARY 24, 1981
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 24, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 31, 1941 (P.L.616, No.261), entitled
2 "An act defining, regulating and providing for the licensing
3 and registration of employment agents, and their
4 representatives, including private employment agents,
5 theatrical employment agencies and nurses' registries;
6 providing for revocation and suspension of licenses and
7 registrations subject to appeal and for their reinstatement;
8 defining the powers and duties of the Department of Labor and
9 Industry and the Department of Public Instruction; providing
10 penalties, and repealing existing laws," further providing
11 for registration fees.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Subsection (n) of section 20, act of July 31,
15 1941 (P.L.616, No.261), known as the "Employment Agency Law,"
16 added October 16, 1972 (P.L.917, No.220), is amended to read:
17 Section 20. * * *
18 (n) No employment agent shall charge a registration fee,
19 with the exception of teachers' agencies which may charge a fee
20 of not more than twenty five ($25) dollars. Any person who
21 violates any provision of this section is guilty of a summary
22 offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay
1 a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than
2 five hundred ($500) dollars, or, in default of payment, shall
3 undergo imprisonment for a period of not more than thirty (30)
4 days.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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