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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-84

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions during the 2003 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[34 Pa.B. 375]

   The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2003 Regular Session.

Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter
No. Action Number Number Date
2003 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 044 through 053
044 Dec 23HB0044PN3148immediately* Public Welfare Code--exempting certain persons from Federal law relating to public assistance and establishing the Health Care Provider Retention Account and the Health Care Provider Retention Program
045 Dec 23HB1133 PN3159 immediately* Fiscal Code--omnibus amendments
046 Dec 23HB0200PN3160 immediately* Tax Reform Code of 1971--omnibus amendments
047 Dec 23HB0172PN3158immediately* Administrative Code of 1929--omnibus amendments
048 Dec 23SB0080 PN1341immediately Public School Code of 1949--omnibus amendments
049 Dec 23SB0870 PN1312immediately Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act--increasing limitation on redevelopment assistance capital projects
050 Dec 23SB0483 PN1319 immediately* Insurance Company Law of 1929--providing for life insurance applications and extending expiration date of provisions relating to health care insurance individual accessibility
051 Dec 23HB0521PN3062 immediately Keystone Opportunity Zone and Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone Act--omnibus amendments
052 Dec 23SB0850 PN1315 immediatelyProject 70 lands--Commonwealth property in Lackawanna County
053 Dec 23HB0088PN3082 60 days Workers' Compensation Act--schedule of compensation
2003 APPROPRIATION ACTS ENACTED--ACT 009A through 040A
009A Dec 23HB1589 PN3161 immediatelyFirst Supplemental General Appropriation Act of 2003--enactment
010A Dec 23HB1374 PN3142 immediately Pennsylvania State University--operation, medical education, children's hospital, agricultural research and extension services, debt service, etc.
011A Dec 23HB1375 PN3143 immediately University of Pittsburgh--operation, doctor of medicine instruction, education, dental and psychiatric clinics, rural education outreach, etc.
012A Dec 23HB1376PN3149immediately Temple University--operation, instruction, dental clinics, podiatric medicine, etc.
013A Dec 23HB1377PN3144 immediately Lincoln University--education and general expenses
014A Dec 23HB1378 PN3150 immediately Drexel University--instruction and student aid
015A Dec 23HB1379 PN3151 immediately University of Pennsylvania--dental clinics, doctor of medicine instruction, veterinary activities, cardiovascular studies and University of Pennsylvania Museum maintenance and purchases
016A Dec 23HB1380PN3145 immediately Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation--colleges of medicine, public health, nursing and health professions instruction, maintenance and student aid and pediatric services
017A Dec 23HB1381 PN3146 immediately Thomas Jefferson University--doctor of medicine instruction, maintenance, student aid, Children's Heart Hospital, Tay-Sachs disease program and College of Allied Health Sciences
018A Dec 23HB1382 PN3152 immediately Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine--instruction
019A Dec 23HB1383 PN3153immediately Pennsylvania College of Optometry--instruction
020A Dec 23HB1384 PN3154 immediately University of the Arts--instruction and student aid
021A Dec 23HB1385 PN3155 immediately Berean Training and Industrial School--operation, maintenance and payment of debt services
022A Dec 23HB1386 PN3156 immediately Johnson Technical Institute of Scranton--operation and maintenance
023A Dec 23HB1387 PN3157 immediately Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades--operation and maintenance
024A Dec 23HB1388 PN1716 immediately Fox Chase Institute for Cancer Research--cancer research program operation and maintenance
025A Dec 23HB1389 PN1717 immediatelyWistar Institute--operation, maintenance and Aids research
026A Dec 23HB1390 PN1718 immediatelyCentral Penn Oncology Group--operation
027A Dec 23HB1391 PN1719 immediatelyLancaster Cleft Palate--outpatient-inpatient treatment
028A Dec 23HB1392 PN1720 immediatelyPittsburgh Cleft Palate--outpatient-inpatient treatment
029A Dec 23HB1393 PN1721 immediatelyBurn Foundation--outpatient and inpatient treatment
030A Dec 23HB1394 PN1722 immediatelyChildren's Institute--treatment and rehabilitation of children and young adults with disabling diseases
031A Dec 23HB1395 PN1723 immediatelyChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia--comprehensive patient care and hospital maintenance and operation
032A Dec 23HB1396 PN1724 immediatelyBeacon Lodge Camp--services to the blind
033A Dec 23HB1397 PN1725 immediatelyArsenal Family and Children's Center--operation
034A Dec 23HB1398 PN1726 immediatelyCarnegie Museums of Pittsburgh--Carnegie Museum of Natural History maintenance and purchases and Carnegie Science Center and planetarium operation
035A Dec 23HB1399 PN3147 immediatelyFranklin Institute Science Museum--maintenance
036A Dec 23HB1401 PN1728 immediatelyAcademy of Natural Sciences--maintenance
037A Dec 23HB1402 PN1729 immediatelyAfrican-American Museum--operation, maintenance and purchases
038A Dec 23HB1403 PN1730 immediatelyEverhart Museum--operation, maintenance and purchases
039ADec 23HB1404 PN1731 immediatelyMercer Museum--operation, maintenance and purchases
040A Dec 23HB1405 PN1732 immediatelyWhitaker Center for Science and the Arts--operation, maintenance and purchases

   * denotes an effective date 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.''

ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,   
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-84. Filed for public inspection January 16, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]



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