PRINTER'S NO. 633
No. 47 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY GEIST, DEMPSEY, D. R. WRIGHT, LYNCH, HENNESSEY,
FARMER, CLARK, E. Z. TAYLOR, McCALL, TRELLO, MICHLOVIC,
MARKOSEK, DeLUCA, CIVERA, DERMODY, EGOLF, FARGO, STERN,
KAISER, FAIRCHILD, COY, RAYMOND, WOZNIAK, PRESTON, STAIRS,
PETTIT, ROBERTS, BELFANTI, MERRY, LEH, SAYLOR, SEMMEL AND
CAPPABIANCA, FEBRUARY 7, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 7, 1995
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 certain
16 gasoline dispensing nozzles at self-service stations.
17 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
18 hereby enacts as follows:
19 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.450,
20 No.291), referred to as the State Fire Marshal Law, amended
21 February 17, 1972 (P.L.72, No.24), is amended to read:
22 Section 1. (a) Be it enacted, &c., That the Commissioner of
23 the Pennsylvania State Police may appoint and remove the chief
1 of the fire department of any county, city, borough, town, or
2 township or individual citizens as assistants to the department,
3 and, when so appointed, shall be subject to the obligations
4 imposed by this act and to the authority of the Pennsylvania
5 State Police.
6 (b) The Pennsylvania State Police may adopt and enforce
7 rules and regulations governing the having, using, storage,
8 sale, and keeping of gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel oil, or
9 other substance of like character.
10 (c) The Pennsylvania State Police shall permit attended
11 self-service gasoline stations to use approved hold-open
12 gasoline dispensing nozzles. Signs shall be posted indicating
13 that any person, other than the attendant, who uses a hold-open
14 gasoline dispensing nozzle shall remain at the refueling point
15 during the refueling operation.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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