THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly
[27 Pa.B. 185] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions.
1996 ACTS--Acts 149 through 202 (numerical)
Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1996-149 Dec. 10 HB2091 PN4198 Immediately* Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-150 Dec. 10 HB2579 PN3601 Immediately Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act--municipal obligations 1996-151 Dec. 11 HB397 PN4292 Immediately* Dog Law--omnibus amendments 1996-152 Dec. 18 SB388 PN2030 Immediately Special Ad Hoc Municipal Police and Firefighter Postretirement Adjustment Act--postretirement adjustment amount modification 1996-153 Dec. 18 SB1320 PN2383 Immediately Land Preservation for open space uses--omnibus amendments 1996-154 Dec. 18 SB31 PN2379 60 days* Insurance Company Law of 1921, The--omnibus amendments 1996-155 Dec. 18 SB509 PN2452 60 days Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-156 Dec. 18 SB537 PN2457 60 days Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.)--distribution system improvement projects cost recovery and State correctional institutions 1996-157 Dec. 18 SB686 PN720 60 days Third Class City Code--fiscal matters notice publication 1996-158 Dec. 18 SB809 PN2417 60 days Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.)--general authority of department 1996-159 Dec. 18 SB1110 PN2420 60 days Accident and Health Filing Reform Act--enactment 1996-160 Dec. 18 SB1204 PN2462 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--hindering apprehension or prosecution and bottle club definition 1996-161 Dec. 18 SB1322 PN2401 60 days Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (42 Pa.C.S.)--child victims and witnesses 1996-162 Dec. 18 SB1590 PN2454 Immediately Conveyances--Commonwealth property in Cambria, Westmoreland, Warren, Armstrong, Tioga, Lycoming and Bucks counties and City of Philadelphia 1996-163 Dec. 18 SB1662 PN2259 60 days Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act--controlled substances schedules 1996-164 Dec. 18 SB1667 PN2385 Immediately Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Law--probation and parole 1996-165 Dec. 18 SB1197 PN2448 60 days Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code--omnibus amendments 1996-166 Dec. 18 SB1397 PN2389 Immediately Community Services Act--reenactment and amendment 1996-167 Dec. 18 HB168 PN3374 Immediately Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and State Government (71 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-168 Dec. 18 HB299 PN4305 Immediately* Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.)--death security registration transfer and reports for school district trustees * with exceptions 1996-169 Dec. 18 HB304 PN4297 Immediately* Older Adults Protective Services Act--omnibus amendments 1996-170 Dec. 18 HB682 PN1647 60 days Incorporated towns--regulation of contracts 1996-171 Dec. 18 HB683 PN755 60 days Borough Code, The--contracts 1996-172 Dec. 18 HB685 PN4002 60 days Second Class Township Code, The--omnibus amendments 1996-173 Dec. 18 HB686 PN758 60 days First Class Township Code, The--contracts 1996-174 Dec. 18 HB873 PN4200 Immediately Air Pollution Control Act--prohibition against adoption of agricultural rules and regulations for small business ombudsman 1996-175 Dec. 18 HB1116 PN4127 60 days Second Class Township Code, The--fire personnel training, schools and centers, appropriations 1996-176 Dec. 18 HB1118 PN4129 60 days Borough Code, The--fire personnel training, schools and centers, appropriations 1996-177 Dec. 19 SB689 PN2340 60 days Municipalities Generally (53 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-178 Dec. 19 SB1585 PN2451 Immediately Chiropractic Practice Act--unlicensed support personnel 1996-179 Dec. 19 HB1468 PN4048 Jan. 1, '97 Medical Care Savings Account Act--enactment 1996-180 Dec. 19 HB1757 PN4123 45 days Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.)--planned communities 1996-181 Dec. 19 HB2314 PN3002 60 days Second Class Township Code, The--contracts 1996-182 Dec. 19 HB2828 PN4116 60 days Pennsylvania Bituminous Coal Mine Act--omnibus amendments 1996-183 Dec. 19 HB2630 PN3576 Immediately Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law--Office of Attorney General employe benefits 1996-184 Dec. 19 HB2463 PN4236 60 days* Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-185 Dec. 19 HB2585 PN4294 60 days Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-186 Dec. 19 HB2592 PN3936 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--interception and disclosure of communications by county correctional institution inmates, exceptions 1996-187 Dec. 19 HB2627 PN4249 Immediately Underground Utility Line Protection Law--omnibus amendments 1996-188 Dec. 19 HB2657 PN4158 60 days Local Tax Collection Law--notification of delinquent real estate taxpayers 1996-189 Dec. 19 HB2703 PN4285 Immediately Unemployment Compensation Law--contribution rate determination and employer reserve accounts 1996-190 Dec. 19 HB1929 PN4201 Immediately Waste Tire Recycling Act and Small Business and Household Pollution Prevention Program Act--enactment 1996-191 Dec. 20 HB1532 PN3585 6 months Medical Foods Insurance Coverage Act--enactment * with exceptions 1996-192 Dec. 20 HB2312 PN3000 60 days First Class Township Code, The--contracts 1996-193 Dec. 20 HB2313 PN3001 Immediately Borough Code, The--contracts 1996-194 Dec. 20 HB2295 PN4205 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--unlawful operation of recording device in motion picture theater 1996-195 Dec. 20 HB2572 PN4264 60 days Taxpayers' Bill of Rights--enactment 1996-196 Dec. 20 HB2257 PN4273 60 days Volunteer Health Services Act--enactment 1996-197 Dec. 20 HB2617 PN4214 Immediately Goods and Services Installment Sales Act--service charges (installment contract, installment account and minimum) 1996-198 Dec. 20 HB2118 PN3053 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--criminal mischief 1996-199 Dec. 20 HB2292 PN4283 60 days Liquor Code--omnibus amendments 1996-200 Dec. 20 HB2348 PN3035 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--retail theft 1996-201 Dec. 20 HB2401 PN3213 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--bad checks 1996-202 Dec. 20 HB2685 PN4245 Immediately Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act--Allegheny County and City of Pittsburgh release and imposition of restrictions
1996 APPROPRIATION--Act 47A (numerical)
Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1996-47A Dec. 18 SB863 PN2433 Immediately Department of Labor and Industry--workers' compensation and occupational disease administrative expenses, etc. * 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.
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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. 97-40. Filed for public inspection January 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
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