PRINTER'S NO. 3514
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2376
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY ROAE, SCHMITT, FRITZ, STRUZZI, RYAN, METCALFE,
COX, KLUNK, GAYDOS, NELSON, TURZAI, GILLEN, JONES, ZIMMERMAN,
RAPP, BERNSTINE, ROWE, GLEIM AND READSHAW, APRIL 3, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 3, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing
for retail store closure during declaration of disaster
emergency.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 7309. Retail store closure during declaration of disaster
emergency.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other
provision of law to the contrary, the Governor may not close a
retail store during a declaration of disaster emergency under
section 7301 (relating to general authority of Governor) if the
retail store:
(1) restricts access during a declaration of disaster
emergency to one customer in the retail store facility at a
time; and
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(2) restricts store operations to one employee in the
retail store facility at a time.
Section 2. All regulations and parts of regulations are
abrogated to the extent of any inconsistency with the provisions
of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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