PRINTER'S NO. 2254
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1818
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, GIRAL, MADDEN, SANCHEZ, PROBST,
HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, KINSEY, MUNROE, KAZEEM, HANBIDGE, ABNEY,
CURRY AND DONAHUE, NOVEMBER 8, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, NOVEMBER 8, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 20, 1982 (P.L.1404, No.325),
entitled "An act regulating self-service storage and
providing for owners' liens and the enforcement thereof,"
further providing for advertisement of sale.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7 of the act of December 20, 1982
(P.L.1404, No.325), known as the Self-Service Storage Facility
Act, is amended by adding subsections to read:
Section 7. Advertisement of sale.
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(d) Redundant advertisement permitted.--When an owner is
required to advertise in a newspaper of general circulation
under subsection (a), the owner may publish a redundant
advertisement on a publicly accessible Internet website that
regularly advertises or conducts online sales of personal
property. The newspaper advertisement under this subsection
satisfies the requirement to advertise on a publicly accessible
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Internet website under subsection (a)(2).
(e) Effect of redundant advertisement.--If the newspaper
advertisement under subsection (a) fails to be timely published
by the newspaper, the redundant advertisement under subsection
(d) shall be valid on the date that the advertisement is
published on the publicly accessible Internet website that
regularly advertises or conducts online sales of personal
property.
(f) Proof of publication.--An owner that sells or otherwise
disposes of personal property under a redundant advertisement
shall retain a copy of the advertisement provided to the
newspaper and proof that the owner purchased the advertisement
in a timely fashion. Proof shall consist of a receipt or any
other similar communication showing the amount paid and the date
of the purchase. The owner shall retain a copy of the
advertisement and proof for one year following the date of the
sale or other disposition.
(g) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Redundant advertisement." A copy of the information
submitted to a newspaper of general circulation under this
section to be used as an advertisement in accordance with this
section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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