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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-852

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions During the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly

[26 Pa.B. 2401]

   The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1995 Regular and Special Sessions.

1996 ACTS--Acts 27 through 34 (numerical)

ActEnactment
No. DateBill No.Printer's No.Effective DateSubject Matter
1996-27Apr. 19SB808PN180260 days*Board of Vehicles Act--omnibus amendments
1996-28May 6HB2339PN3346ImmediatelyPublic School Code of 1949--weather emergency 1996
1996-29May 10SB1083PN1766ImmediatelyGuaranteed Energy Savings Act--enactment
1996-30May 10HB166PN140ImmediatelyConveyance--Commonwealth property in Wayne County
1996-31May 10HB2048PN254760 daysAlexander H. Linsay Highway--designation
1996-32May 10HB2066PN334860 daysFederal Bureau of Prisons--ceding of concurrent jurisdiction to the United States for land and facilities
1996-33May 10SB633PN1913ImmediatelyMunicipal Police Pension Law--omnibus amendments
1996-34May 10SB638PN186260 daysStorage Tank and Spill Prevention Act--aboveground storage tank requirements and feasibility study

*  with exceptions

Effective Dates of Statutes

   The effective dates specified above for laws and appropriation acts were contained in the applicable law or appropriation act. Where no date is specified or where the effective date specified is prior to the date of enactment, the effective date is 60 days after final enactment except for statutes making appropriations or affecting budgets of political subdivisions. See 1 Pa.C.S. §§ 1701--1704 (relating to effective dates of statutes).

Advance Copies of Statutes

   Section 1106 of Title 1 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes provides that the prothonotaries of each county shall file advance copies of statutes in their offices for public inspection until the Laws of Pennsylvania are generally available. Section 2406(h) of The Administrative Code of 1929 provides that the Department of General Services shall distribute advance sheets of the Laws of Pennsylvania to each law judge of the courts, to every county and public library of this Commonwealth, and to each member of the General Assembly. These copies shall be furnished without charge. The Department shall also mail one copy of each law enacted during any legislative session to any person who pays to it the sum of $20.

   Requests for annual subscriptions for advance copies of statutes should be sent to the State Bookstore, State Records Center Building, 1825 Stanley Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17103, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $20, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''

Legislative Bills and Documents

   Copies of Senate Bills and Documents may be obtained from: Document Room, Senate of Pennsylvania, Room 34A, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, telephone (717) 787-6732.

   Copies of House Bills and Documents may be obtained from: Document Room, House of Representatives, 35 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, telephone (717) 787-5320.

CARL MEASE,   
Acting Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-852. Filed for public inspection May 24, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]



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