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Ex. DUT-PA-017 Standing duty Primary source read

Statute (Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. ch. 57, subch. A)

3 Pa.C.S. sec. 5714, Penalties

General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania (State)

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The record

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
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 note

Official General Assembly section page rendered to PDF. The graduated warning-citation-closure sequence for restaurants in PA-023 sec. 13 tracks this structure.