PRINTER'S NO. 1298

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1140 Session of 1991


        INTRODUCED BY DALEY, GEIST, KUKOVICH, BUSH, PETRONE,
           CAPPABIANCA, HALUSKA, TRICH, TRELLO, COHEN, BISHOP, BELFANTI,
           BELARDI, ANGSTADT, VAN HORNE, PESCI, RUDY, ITKIN, VEON,
           CARLSON, LAUGHLIN, OLASZ, HARPER, MELIO, DeLUCA, TELEK, FOX,
           PISTELLA, ARGALL, MICOZZIE, STEELMAN, KOSINSKI, BUNT,
           KRUSZEWSKI AND RICHARDSON, APRIL 16, 1991

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, APRIL 16, 1991

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, defining the offense of transporting foodstuffs in
     3     vehicles used to transport chemicals.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 4909(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 4909.  Transporting foodstuffs in vehicles used to transport
     9             waste.
    10     (a)  Offense defined.--
    11         (1)  A person commits a violation of this section if he
    12     transports or knowingly provides a vehicle for the
    13     transportation of any food product or produce intended for
    14     human consumption in a vehicle which has been used to
    15     transport any municipal, residual or hazardous waste, or any
    16     chemical in bulk, or liquid[,] in bulk, which is not a food


     1     product or produce.
     2         (2)  A person commits a violation of this section if he
     3     knowingly accepts any food product or produce from, or
     4     provides any food product or produce to, a vehicle used to
     5     transport any municipal, residual or hazardous waste, or any
     6     chemical in bulk, or liquid[,] in bulk, which is not a food
     7     product or produce.
     8     * * *
     9     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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