Bill Text: PA HB1247 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting the retail sale and distribution of novelty lighters; and imposing a penalty.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-31 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB1247 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1247-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1366
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1247 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BURNS, FARRY, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, DAVIS, GILLESPIE, HALUSKA, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY AND SWANGER, MARCH 31, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 31, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the retail sale and
distribution of novelty lighters; and imposing a penalty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 7332. Retail sale and distribution of novelty lighters
prohibited.
(a) Offense defined.--It shall be unlawful for any person to
sell at retail, offer for retail sale or distribute for retail
sale or promotion in this Commonwealth a novelty lighter.
(b) Grading.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
summary offense.
(c) Exception.--Nothing contained in this section shall
prohibit the transportation of novelty lighters through this
Commonwealth or the storage of novelty lighters in a warehouse
or distribution center in this Commonwealth if the warehouse or
distribution center is closed to the public for purposes of
retail sales.
(d) Definition.--As used in this section the term "novelty
lighter" means a mechanical or electrical device typically used
for lighting cigarettes, cigars or pipes that is designed to
appear to be a toy, to feature a flashing light or to make
musical sounds. The term does not include:
(1) A lighter manufactured prior to January 1, 1980.
(2) A lighter incapable of being fueled or lacking a
device necessary to produce combustion or a flame.
(3) Any mechanical or electrical device primarily used
to ignite fuel for fireplaces or for charcoal or gas grills.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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