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City of Philadelphia
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City Council
Chief Clerk's Office
402 City Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19107
BILL NO. 070875
Introduced October 18, 2007
Councilmembers Clarke, DiCicco, Blackwell, Greenlee, Kenney, Reynolds
Brown, Ramos, Krajewski, Tasco, Savage, Council President Verna,
Councilmembers Rizzo, Campbell, Goode, O'Neill, Kelly and Miller
Referred to the
Committee on Licenses and Inspections
AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 9-1802 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use of Electronic
Scanners," by requiring, as a condition of licensure, that retail establishments program
their electronic scanners to reject any sale of tobacco products or malt or brewed
beverages unless a birth date is entered into the register based on a visual inspection of a
photo identification, all under certain terms and conditions.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Section 9-1802 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
§ 9-1802. Use of Electronic Scanners.
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(2.1) As a condition of holding the license required by subsection 9-1802(1), a
retail mercantile establishment, including any retail food establishment, shall comply
with the following:
(a) If the establishment sells any of the items identified below, every
electronic scanner used by such establishment shall be programmed to reject the sale of
such items unless a birth date is entered into a cash register or computer; and the
establishment shall not enter any such birth date other than based on a visual inspection
of a photo identification of the purchaser:
(.1) Cigarettes or other tobacco products.
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(.2) Malt or brewed alcoholic beverages.
(b) The Department shall waive compliance with the requirements of
subsection (a) upon proof by a retail mercantile establishment, to the satisfaction of the
Department, that the establishment has in place an alternative electronic verification
system sufficient to ensure that a purchaser has appropriate identification to verify that
he or she is of lawful age.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance, and any provision of this Ordinance, shall be effective
upon authorization by the General Assembly.