THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During the 2001 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[32 Pa.B. 7] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2001 Regular Session.
2001 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 089 through 113
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 089 Nov 30 SB0100 PN1517 90 days Infant Hearing Education, Assessment, Reporting and Referral (IHEARR) Act--enactment 090 Dec 10 HB0017 PN2740 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--intimidation of witnesses or victims and aggravated jury tampering 091 Dec 10 HB0829 PN0923 immediately Emergency Responder Plaza--designation 092 Dec 10 SB0370 PN0383 60 days Medical Practice Act of 1985--athletic trainer certification 093 Dec 10 SB0371 PN0734 60 days Osteopathic Medical Practice Act--athletic trainer certification 094 Dec 13 SB0286 PN1181 60 days Automobile Lemon Law--onmibus amendments 095 Dec 13 HB0846 PN2587 90 days Long-Term Care Resident and Employee Immunization Act--enactment 096 Dec 13 HB0454 PN2967 120 days Bloodborne Pathogen Standard Act--enactment 097 Dec 13 HB0437 PN3044 60 days Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 098 Dec 13 HB0212 PN3043 immediately Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 099 Dec 13 SB0837 PN1619 immediately Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act-- Underground Storage Tank Environmental Cleanup Program 100 Dec 13 SB0372 PN1578 immediately Administrative Code of 1929, The--Pennsylvania State Police repealing limitation on aggregate number 101 Dec 17 SB0216 PN1617 immediately* Associations Code (15 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 102 Dec 17 SB0230 PN0243 immediately Bill of Rights Day--designation 103 Dec 17 SB0280 PN0286 60 days Dog and Cat Product Act--enactment 104 Dec 17 SB0696 PN1618 60 days Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act--storage tank release notification and environmental media 105 Dec 17 SB0965 PN1538 immediately Legislative Reapportionment--special election to fill General Assembly vacancy under certain circumstances 106 Dec 17 HB1408 PN1654 immediately Public Works Contractors' Bond Law of 1967 --claim enforcement and financial security provided by contractors and bidders 107 Dec 17 HB1405 PN3089 immediately* County Code, The--omnibus amendments 108 Dec 17 HB0476 PN2189 60 days Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Law--advisory committee membership 109 Dec 17 HB0453 PN3034 immediately Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) --paralyzed veteran's pension eligibility 110 Dec 17 SB1215 PN1582 immediately General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 111 Dec 17 SB1180 PN1608 immediately Port of Pittsburgh Commission Act--port district definition and economic development projects 112 Dec 17 SB0611 PN1626 immediately Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)-- mandatory inclusion of child medical support and prospective child-care personnel information 113 Dec 17 HB1806 PN3091 immediately Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--costs, Commonwealth portion of fines and filling of new judgeships *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-PHMC, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $20, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
CARL L. MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-1. Filed for public inspection January 4, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
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