PRINTER'S NO. 134
No. 125 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, VROON AND CIVERA, FEBRUARY 3, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 15, 1939 (P.L.134, No.65), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act relating to fireworks; defining fireworks;
3 prohibiting the sale, offering or exposing for sale and use
4 of fireworks, except in certain cases; authorizing cities,
5 boroughs, towns and townships to issue permits for fireworks
6 displays, and to regulate the same; imposing duties on the
7 Pennsylvania State Police, sheriffs, police officers and
8 constables; and providing penalties," increasing penalties.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 6 of the act of May 15, 1939 (P.L.134,
12 No.65), referred to as the Fireworks Law, is amended to read:
13 Section 6. Any person, copartnership, association or
14 corporation violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty
15 of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
16 by a fine not exceeding [one hundred dollars ($100)] ten
17 thousand dollars ($10,000) or in the case of individuals, the
18 members of a partnership and the responsible officers and agents
19 of an association or corporation, by imprisonment in the county
20 jail not exceeding [ninety (90)] one hundred eighty (180) days
1 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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