HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 842, 1200 PRINTER'S NO. 2076
No. 738 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY BELL, APRIL 21, 1987
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 23, 1988
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.450, No.291), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to fires and fire prevention;
3 imposing duties and conferring powers upon the Pennsylvania
4 State Police; authorizing the appointment of the chiefs of
5 fire departments and certain public officers and others as
6 assistants to the Pennsylvania State Police, and defining
7 their powers and duties; providing for the investigation of
8 the cause, origin, and circumstance of fires and the
9 inspection of all, and the removal or change of, certain
10 buildings by owners and occupants thereof, including
11 political subdivisions; imposing duties on school authorities
12 and on certain corporations, associations, and fire rating
13 agencies; providing for the attendance of witnesses before
14 the Pennsylvania State Police, and the enforcement of its
15 orders; and prescribing penalties," providing for the
16 delivery of fuels to retail service stations; and imposing
17 penalties.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.450, No.291),
21 referred to as the State Fire Marshal Law, is amended by adding
22 a section to read:
23 Section 4.1. (a) The intake or receiving pipe opening for
24 kerosene storage tanks shall be smaller than the nozzle on a
1 hose used to deliver gasoline or diesel fuel into storage tanks
2 at retail service stations.
3 (b) A person who fails to comply with the provisions of this
4 section commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction,
5 for the first offense be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
6 one hundred dollars and for a second and each subsequent offense
7 be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.
8 Each delivery or acceptance of a fuel into a kerosene storage
9 tank in violation of this section shall constitute a separate
10 offense.
11 (c) As used in this section, the following words and phrases
12 shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless
13 the context clearly indicates otherwise:
14 "Retail service station." Any place of business engaging in
15 the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene at retail in this
16 Commonwealth.
17 "Storage tank." Any storage receptacle used to hold
18 gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene for sale at retail in this
19 Commonwealth.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 1988 1989. <--
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