PRINTER'S NO. 1022
No. 904 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY FOX, TRELLO, BUNT, RAYMOND, BILLOW, LASHINGER,
SAURMAN, JOHNSON, MORRIS, MRKONIC, MICHLOVIC, NAHILL, NOYE,
GEIST, BELARDI, TANGRETTI, DEMPSEY, MELIO, RYBAK, CIVERA,
SERAFINI, CORNELL, KASUNIC, VEON AND E. Z. TAYLOR,
APRIL 3, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, APRIL 3, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to provide for the safety of persons
3 employed, housed, or assembled in certain buildings and
4 structures by requiring certain construction and ways of
5 egress, equipment, and maintenance; providing for the
6 licensing of projectionists, except in cities of the first
7 class and second class; requiring the submission of plans for
8 examination and approval; providing for the promulgation of
9 rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act;
10 providing for the enforcement of this act by the Department
11 of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, boards of
12 school directors and, in certain cases, by the chiefs of fire
13 departments in cities of the third class; providing penalties
14 for violations of the provisions of this act; and repealing
15 certain acts," requiring the installation of smoke detectors
16 in all State, county and municipal government buildings.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. The title of the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465,
20 No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, amended December
21 21, 1988 (P.L.1315, No.168), is amended to read:
22 AN ACT
23 To provide for the safety of persons employed, housed, or
1 assembled in certain buildings and structures by requiring
2 certain construction and ways of egress, equipment, and
3 maintenance; requiring the installation of smoke detectors in
4 all State, county and municipal government buildings;
5 providing for the licensing of projectionists, except in
6 cities of the first class and second class; requiring the
7 submission of plans for examination and approval; providing
8 for the promulgation of rules and regulations for the
9 enforcement of this act; providing for the enforcement of
10 this act by the Department of Labor and Industry, the
11 Department of Health, boards of school directors and, in
12 certain cases, by the chiefs of fire departments in cities of
13 the third class; providing penalties for violations of the
14 provisions of this act; and repealing certain acts.
15 Section 2. Section 3 of the act, amended April 11, 1939
16 (P.L.18, No.17), is amended to read:
17 Section 3. Special Requirements.--(a) There shall be
18 installed such emergency lighting systems, sprinkler systems,
19 and fire alarm systems, in such of the buildings enumerated in
20 this act as the Department of Labor and Industry may specify and
21 which in its judgment are necessary to give proper protection
22 from fire and panic to those employed, assembled, lodged or
23 housed therein. No such systems shall be installed unless they
24 are of a type approved by the Department of Labor and Industry.
25 (b) In addition to any other emergency systems required by
26 this act, all State, county and municipal government buildings
27 shall be equipped with smoke detectors of a type approved by the
28 Department of Labor and Industry. The approved smoke detectors
29 shall be installed in such places and in such manner as the
30 Department of Labor and Industry shall require by regulation.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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