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101 Pa. Code § 21.13. Pa.S. classification.

§ 21.13. Pa.S. classification.

 (a)  Use of classification system.—The Statutes themselves set forth a basic subject classification system, which may be used as a starting point. However, although one particular Pa.S. title may be selected as the focus of the revision effort, it will frequently be necessary to transfer provisions of prior statutory law from the principal title to one which more appropriately covers the transferred provisions. For example, the former provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933, relating to cemeteries, private police and hospitalization plans, were incorporated into Title 9 (Burial Grounds), Title 22 (Detectives and Private Police) and Title 40 (Insurance), respectively, by the act of November 15, 1972 (P. L. 1063, No. 271).

 (b)  Contents of classification system.—The classification system of the Statutes is as follows:  Title Number  Subject

   1   General Provisions

   2   Administrative Law and Procedure

   3   Agriculture

   4   Amusements

   5   (Reserved)

   6   Bailees and Factors

   7   Banks and Banking

   8   Boroughs and Incorporated Towns

   9   Burial Grounds

   10  Charities

   11  Cities

   12  Commerce and Trade

   13  Commercial Code

   14  Community Affairs

   15  Corporations and Unincorporated Associations

   16  Counties

   17  (Reserved)

   18  Crimes and Offenses

   19  (Reserved)

   20  Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries

   21  (Reserved)

   22  Detectives and Private Police

   23  Domestic Relations

   24  Education

   25  Elections

   26  Eminent Domain

   27  Environmental Resources

   28  Escheats

   29  Federal Relations

   30  Fish

   31  Food

   32  Forests, Waters and State Parks

   33  Frauds, Statute of

   34  Game

   35  Health and Safety

   36  Highways and Bridges

   37  Historical and Museums

   38  Holidays and Observances

   39  Insolvency and Assignments

   40  Insurance

   41  (Reserved)

   42  Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

   43  Labor

   44  Law and Justice

   45  Legal Notices

   46  Legislature

   47  Liquor

   48  Lodging and Housing

   49  Mechanics’ Liens

   50  Mental Health

   51  Military Affairs

   52  Mines and Mining

   53  Municipalities Generally

   54  Names

   55  (Reserved)

   56  (Reserved)

   57  Notaries Public

   58  Oil and Gas

   59  Partnerships

   60  Peddlers

   61  Penal and Correctional Institutions

   62  Procurement

   63  Professions and Occupations (State licensed)

   64  Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations

   65  Public Officers

   66  Public Utilities

   67  Public Welfare

   68  Real and Personal Property

   69  Savings and Validating Provisions

   70  Securities

   71  State Government

   72  Taxation and Fiscal Affairs

   73  Townships

   74  Transportation

   75  Vehicles

   76  Weights, Measures and Standards

   77  Workmen’s Compensation

   78  Zoning and Planning

   79  Supplementary Provisions

 (c)  Change in classification.—Pursuant to 1 Pa.C.S. §  306 (relating to bills to amend the Consolidated Statutes), the Bureau shall determine whether the number or name of a title established under the Statutes shall be changed and whether titles shall be added or deleted. Where a change in the classification set forth in subsection (b) is indicated as a result of preliminary work on a revision bill, the matter should be brought to the attention of the Director of the Bureau for consideration. Except for Title 1 (General Provisions) and Title 79 (Supplementary Provisions), the concept of the classification system is to maintain the headings of the titles in alphabetical order.

Cross References

   This section cited in 101 Pa. Code §  21.14 (relating to Purdon’s Statutes classification); and 101 Pa. Code §  23.1 (relating to titles).



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