73 Pa.C.S. Ch. 71

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73 Pa.C.S. § 7101 Licensing transient retail business.

(a) Regulation.--A township may, by ordinance, regulate and license transient retail merchants engaged in any transient retail business within the township. The ordinance may prohibit the commencement or transaction of any transient retail business until or unless the license required by the ordinance has been obtained from the township by the individual, firm or corporation desiring to commence the transient retail business. The ordinance may be enforced by a penalty, not to exceed $300, for a violation of the provisions of the ordinance and may provide for other means of enforcement. (b) Fees.--The board of commissioners may establish license fees for businesses regulated under this section. The license fees shall bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of administering the ordinance and regulating, inspecting and supervising each business. (c) Construction.--Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to apply to any of the following: (1) farmers selling their own produce; (2) a person selling personal property, donated by the owners, if the proceeds of the sale are to be applied to a charitable or philanthropic purpose; or (3) a manufacturer or producer in the sale of bread and bakery products, meat and meat products or milk and milk products.

73 Pa.C.S. § 7111 Persons taking orders by samples.

(a) Prohibition.--A township may not impose, levy or collect a license fee or mercantile tax upon a person that takes, by sample, from a dealer or merchant an order for merchandise on behalf of an individual or company that pays a license fee or mercantile tax at the individual's or company's chief place of business. (b) Retail sales not authorized.--Nothing in this section authorizes a person to sell by retail to a person other than a dealer or merchant without payment of a license or permit fee.

73 Pa.C.S. § 7112 Insurance business.

A township may not impose or collect a license fee upon an insurance company, insurance agent or insurance broker authorized to transact business under the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921.

73 Pa.C.S. § 7113 License fees on residents not to exceed those on nonresidents.

A township may not pass an ordinance imposing a license fee upon a manufacturer, including an agent, representative and employee, that is a resident of this Commonwealth for soliciting orders for or selling personal property manufactured within this Commonwealth if the township could not legally impose the same license fee upon a manufacturer, including an agent, representative and employee, that is a nonresident of the Commonwealth for soliciting orders for or selling personal property manufactured outside this Commonwealth.

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