PRINTER'S NO. 1145
No. 999 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, DeWEESE, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI,
BIANCUCCI, BLACKWELL, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CORRIGAN, CURRY,
DERMODY, EACHUS, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN,
GEORGE, GERGELY, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, JAMES, LEACH,
LEDERER, LEVDANSKY, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MUNDY, PISTELLA,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, SURRA, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, TIGUE, WALKO,
WASHINGTON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 16, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 16, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act to provide for the safety of persons
3 employed, housed, or assembled in certain buildings and
4 structures by requiring certain construction and ways of
5 egress, equipment, and maintenance; providing for the
6 licensing of projectionists, except in cities of the first
7 class and second class; requiring the submission of plans for
8 examination and approval; providing for the promulgation of
9 rules and regulations for the enforcement of this act;
10 providing for the enforcement of this act by the Department
11 of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, boards of
12 school directors and, in certain cases, by the chiefs of fire
13 departments in cities of the third class; providing penalties
14 for violations of the provisions of this act; and repealing
15 certain acts," requiring general exits in certain buildings.
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. The act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299),
19 referred to as the Fire and Panic Act, is amended by adding a
20 section to read:
21 Section 4.3. General Exits.--For every class of buildings
22 enumerated in section 2, each floor of the building shall have
1 at least one means of egress which can be opened from the inside
2 and which is not restricted for use in an emergency.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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