PRINTER'S NO. 2906
No. 2140 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY MAIALE, KOSINSKI, SWEET, WOGAN, WESTON AND
O'BRIEN, MAY 7, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 7, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, making it illegal to dispense ice in a
3 certain manner.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7326. Unlawful dispensing of ice to the public.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person, partnership, association or
10 corporation commits a summary offense for:
11 (1) permitting the public to have direct physical access
12 to a bin or storage container primarily used for the self-
13 service dispensing of ice; or
14 (2) permitting ice stored in a bin or container which is
15 not protected from dust, dirt, foreign objects, insects,
16 vermin or other contamination to be offered to the public in
17 any self-service manner.
18 (b) Exception.--This section is specifically restricted to
1 unpackaged ice offered or made available to the public in a
2 self-service manner and does not apply to public eating and
3 drinking establishments or other places of business which
4 dispense ice automatically or through its own employees.
5 (c) Penalty.--A person, partnership, association or
6 corporation convicted for violation of this section shall be
7 sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100
8 for each day that a violation exists. Upon the second and each
9 subsequent conviction under this section, the fine shall be not
10 less than $50 nor more than $200 for each day that a violation
11 exists.
12 (d) Enforcement.--County departments of health, joint county
13 departments of health or the health authorities of any city,
14 borough, incorporated town or township shall have jurisdiction
15 to enforce this section within the territorial limits of their
16 respective municipalities.
17 (e) Disposition of fines.--Fines collected under this
18 section shall be paid into the general fund of the enforcing
19 municipality.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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