PRINTER'S NO. 2140
No. 1519 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, BRIGHTBILL, GERLACH AND LEMMOND,
SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for limitations on
3 municipal powers.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2962(c)(4) of Title 53 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2962. Limitation on municipal powers.
9 * * *
10 (c) Prohibited powers.--A municipality shall not:
11 * * *
12 (4) Enact or promulgate any ordinance or regulation with
13 respect to definitions, sanitation, safety, health, standards
14 of identity or labeling pertaining to the manufacture,
15 processing, storage, distribution and sale of any [foods,]
16 goods or services subject to any Commonwealth statutes and
17 regulations unless the municipal ordinance or regulation is
18 uniform in all respects with the Commonwealth statutes and
1 regulations thereunder. This paragraph does not affect the
2 power of any municipality to enact and enforce ordinances
3 relating to building codes or any other safety, sanitation or
4 health regulation pertaining thereto.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
H18L53JLW/19980S1519B2140 - 2 -