PRINTER'S NO. 4616
No. 2957 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, WASHINGTON, WHEATLEY, HORSEY, YOUNGBLOOD
AND THOMAS, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
AN ACT
1 Requiring gasoline stations to provide access to restrooms; and
2 imposing a penalty.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Gasoline
7 Station Restroom Access Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Gasoline station." A place of business engaging in the sale
13 at retail of gasoline, diesel fuel or kerosene.
14 Section 3. Requirement and prohibition.
15 (a) Requirement.--A gasoline station shall provide access to
16 restrooms to the public at large.
17 (b) Prohibition.--A gasoline station may not condition
1 access to restrooms upon being a patron of the gasoline station.
2 Section 4. Penalty.
3 A person that violates section 3 commits a summary offense.
4 Section 10. Effective date.
5 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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