PRINTER'S NO. 1998
No. 1620 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, FARGO, BELARDI, TRELLO, PRESTON,
WAUGH, ROEBUCK, CIVERA, EGOLF, C. WILLIAMS AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JUNE 10, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JUNE 10, 1997
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 emergency
16 controls at attended self-service gasoline stations; and
17 rescinding a regulation.
18 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
19 hereby enacts as follows:
20 Section 1. The act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.450, No.291),
21 referred to as the State Fire Marshal Law, is amended by adding
22 a section to read:
23 Section 4.2. Emergency controls, including a main power
24 switch or switches, are required at all attended self-service
1 gasoline stations and shall be independent of approved special
2 dispensing devices and control equipment. The controls and
3 switches shall be installed at an accessible location not more
4 than fifteen feet from the principal control location of the
5 attendant and not more than one hundred twenty-five feet from
6 the furthest self-service dispensing device.
7 Section 2. The provisions of 37 Pa. Code § 13.115(c) are
8 rescinded to the extent that they are inconsistent with this
9 act.
10 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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