Bill Text: PA HB121 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for general and specific powers; and providing for child endangerment protection.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-8)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-07 - Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [HB121 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB121-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2534
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 121 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY M. O'BRIEN, SCHRODER, YOUNGBLOOD, CLYMER, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, DALEY, DeLUCA, GOODMAN, KIRKLAND, MURT, READSHAW, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TAYLOR, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH AND WAGNER, OCTOBER 12, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, OCTOBER 12, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for general and specific powers;
and providing for child endangerment protection.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1202(b) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 1202. General and specific powers.
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(b) Specific powers.--The board shall have the specific
power and duty:
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(35) To levy fines against a licensed entity or licensed
facility or any affiliate, intermediary, subsidiary or
holding company of a licensed entity or licensed facility for
two or more violations in a one-year period of individuals
leaving a child under 14 years of age unattended in the
vehicle on property that is owned, leased or controlled by a
licensed facility or an affiliate, intermediary, subsidiary
or holding company of a licensed entity or licensed facility.
Section 2. Title 4 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1509.2. Child endangerment protection.
(a) Warning.--Each slot machine licensee shall provide a
warning to all persons regarding the violations of leaving a
child unattended in a vehicle in its parking area. Each licensee
shall conspicuously post the following statement:
Any person who leaves a child unattended in a vehicle on this
property while visiting the casino is subject to criminal
penalties and will be banned from casinos in this
Commonwealth.
The statement shall be posted in clear view in the parking
areas, at each entrance and in other appropriate public areas of
the licensed facility as determined by the slot machine
licensee.
(b) Fine.--A slot machine licensee that fails to post the
signs in accordance with subsection (a) shall be assessed a fine
of $1,000 a day for each day the minimum number of signs is not
posted.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "parking
area" means all parcels of land and improvements owned by the
slot machine licensee or its affiliate, intermediary, subsidiary
or holding company that are contiguous with or adjoined directly
to the licensed facility where vehicles park.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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