PRINTER'S NO. 380
No. 372 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC AND STOUT, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 5, 1997
AN ACT
1 Providing for responsibility of owners of shopping centers and
2 malls for short-term vendors.
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 Short-Term
7 Vendor 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 "Short-term vendor." A vendor who, by lease or other
13 agreement, is authorized to sell products or services at a
14 shopping center or mall for not more than 60 days.
15 Section 3. Responsibility.
16 The owner of a shopping center or mall shall be responsible
17 for the acts of short-term vendors who fail to provide the
1 products or services for which they were paid by customers and
2 shall reimburse any such customers who file valid claims with
3 the owner of the shopping center or mall within 90 days of the
4 promised date of delivery of the product or service.
5 Section 4. Limitation.
6 The limit on payments with respect to claims against any
7 particular short-term vendor shall be $1,000.
8 Section 5. Bond.
9 The owner of a shopping center or mall may require a short-
10 term vendor to post a bond of $1,000 to cover claims which may
11 be filed under this act.
12 Section 6. Effective date.
13 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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