PRINTER'S NO. 1297
No. 1139 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, JOHNSON, KUKOVICH, HALUSKA, TRELLO, COHEN,
BISHOP, BELARDI, JOSEPHS, NAHILL, PESCI, VEON, MELIO,
MICHLOVIC, STABACK, CLARK, STEELMAN, KRUSZEWSKI AND
RICHARDSON, APRIL 16, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, APRIL 16, 1991
AN ACT
1 Requiring warnings for sale of pressure-treated lumber;
2 providing penalties; and conferring powers and duties on the
3 Department of Environmental Resources.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title.
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Pressure-
8 Treated Lumber Act.
9 Section 2. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
11 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12 context clearly indicates otherwise:
13 "Department." The Department of Environmental Resources of
14 the Commonwealth.
15 "Pressure-treated lumber." Any lumber treated with chemicals
16 in order to prevent rot, infestation or general deterioration.
17 Section 3. Warning.
1 (a) Requirement.--A person may not sell pressure-treated
2 lumber without an accompanying warning against burning the
3 lumber.
4 (b) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
5 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
6 a fine of $50.
7 Section 4. Department.
8 The department has the following powers and duties:
9 (1) To promulgate regulations as to the type, size and
10 location of the warning required by section 3(a).
11 (2) To investigate violations of this act.
12 (3) To cooperate with the Office of Attorney General and
13 with county district attorneys in prosecuting violations of
14 this act.
15 Section 5. Effective date.
16 This act shall take effect as follows:
17 (1) Section 4(1) and this section shall take effect in
18 60 days.
19 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect upon the
20 effective date of the regulations promulgated under section
21 4(1).
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