PRINTER'S NO. 3255
No. 2443 Session of 1988
INTRODUCED BY WOGAN, FOX, HECKLER, GRUPPO, MAIALE, JOHNSON,
McHALE, FISCHER, BORTNER, ARTY, COHEN AND J. TAYLOR, MAY 9,
1988
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 9, 1988
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," making a violation of
9 the act a misdemeanor of the third degree.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 6 of the act of May 15, 1939 (P.L.134,
13 No.65), referred to as the Fireworks Law, is amended to read:
14 Section 6. Any person, copartnership, association or
15 corporation violating the provisions of this act [shall be
16 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
17 punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) or
18 in the case of individuals, the members of a partnership and the
19 responsible officers and agents of an association or
20 corporation, by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding
21 ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.] commits
1 a misdemeanor of the third degree, punishable in the manner
2 provided by law.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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