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- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Police power of the Commonwealth
- Issued
- 2010-11-23 Nov. 23, 2010
- Effective
- Standing law throughout 2020 and 2021 (read as 2010-11-23)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Nov. 23, 2010 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- specified businesses: retail food facilities under the Department of Agriculture's jurisdiction; persons violating the subchapter
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Pennsylvania DUT-PA
Operative words
(1) A person who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule, regulation, standard or order made under this subchapter commits a summary offense for the first or second offense and shall be subject to a fine not less than $100 but not more than $300.... (2)... the secretary may assess a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 upon an individual or business for each offense.
Penalty
As quoted; license suspension or revocation under the subchapter's licensing provisions
What it required
Punished violation of the retail food statute or 'any rule, regulation, standard or order made under this subchapter' as a summary offense, made a third offense within two years a misdemeanor of the third degree, and authorized civil penalties to $10,000 per offense, with a warning permitted 'whenever the secretary finds a violation which did not cause harm to human health.'
Retrieval noteOfficial General Assembly section page rendered to PDF. The graduated warning-citation-closure sequence for restaurants in PA-023 sec. 13 tracks this structure.