PRINTER'S NO. 1939
No. 1595 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY LEDERER, ROBERTS, GEORGE, YOUNGBLOOD, MELIO,
READSHAW, JAMES, CLARK, M. COHEN, HORSEY, DALEY, HALUSKA,
FREEMAN, CORRIGAN, MICHLOVIC, McGEEHAN, OLIVER, BISHOP AND
BUTKOVITZ, JUNE 8, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Providing for visibility of cash register screens in places of
2 business.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cash Register
7 Screen Visibility Act.
8 Section 2. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
10 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
11 context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 "Cash register." A cash register having a screen on which
13 the amounts paid for items purchased are displayed.
14 "Place of business." A place of business open to the public
15 for purchases of food, drugs, hardware or other consumer items.
16 Section 3. Visibility of cash register screen.
17 The screen on a cash register in a place of business shall be
1 placed so that it is clearly visible by the purchaser of the
2 items which are being rung up on the cash register. No
3 merchandise or obstruction of any kind shall be placed so as to
4 interfere with the purchaser's clear view of the cash register
5 screen.
6 Section 4. Effective date.
7 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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