PRINTER'S NO. 2121
No. 1717 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. CAPUTO, GEISLER, MALADY, D. M. DAVIS,
GLEESON, LETTERMAN, FRANKENBURG, HUTCHINSON, BURKARDT,
DININNI, STONE, MRS. ANDERSON, MESSRS. BELLOMINI, MANBECK,
ZIMMERMAN AND VALICENTI, NOVEMBER 19, 1971
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 29, 1971
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act prohibiting certain practices of
3 discrimination because of race, color, religious creed,
4 ancestry, age or national origin by employers, employment
5 agencies, labor organizations and others as herein defined;
6 creating the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission in the
7 Department of Labor and Industry; defining its functions,
8 powers and duties; providing for procedure and enforcement;
9 providing for formulation of an educational program to
10 prevent prejudice; providing for judicial review and
11 enforcement and imposing penalties," eliminating provisions
12 relating to the educational program and further defining
13 "place of public accommodation."
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Clause (l) of section 4, act of October 27, 1955
17 (P.L.744), known as the "Pennsylvania Human Relations Act,"
18 amended December 10, 1970 (P.L.882), is amended to read:
19 Section 4. Definitions.--As used in this act unless a
20 different meaning clearly appears from the context:
21 * * *
22 (l) The term "place of public accommodation, resort or
1 amusement" means any place which is open to, accepts or solicits
2 the patronage of the general public, including but not limited
3 to inns, taverns, roadhouses, hotels, motels, whether conducted
4 for the entertainment of transient guests or for the
5 accommodation of those seeking health, recreation or rest, or
6 restaurants or eating houses, or any place where food is sold
7 for consumption on the premises, buffets, saloons, barrooms or
8 any store, park or enclosure where spirituous or malt liquors
9 are sold, ice cream parlors, confectioneries, soda fountains and
10 all stores where ice cream, ice and fruit preparations or their
11 derivatives, or where beverages of any kind are retailed for
12 consumption on the premises, drug stores, dispensaries, clinics,
13 hospitals, bathhouses, swimming pools, barber shops, beauty
14 parlors, retail stores and establishments, theatres, motion
15 picture houses, airdromes, roof gardens, music halls, race
16 courses, skating rinks, amusement and recreation parks, fairs,
17 bowling alleys, gymnasiums, shooting galleries, billiard and
18 pool parlors, public libraries, [kindergartens, primary and
19 secondary schools, high schools, academies, colleges and
20 universities, extension courses and all educational institutions
21 under the supervision of this Commonwealth,] nonsectarian
22 cemeteries, garages and all public conveyances operated on land
23 or water or in the air as well as the stations, terminals and
24 airports thereof, but shall not include any accommodations which
25 are in their nature distinctly private.
26 * * *
27 Section 2. Section 8 of the act is repealed.
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