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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-1489

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions during the 2003 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[33 Pa.B. 3727]

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

Doc.
No.
Date of
Action
Bill
Number
Printer's NumberEffective
Date
Subject Matter
2003 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 012 through 015
012 Jul 17 SB0044 PN1082 immediatelyConveyance--Commonwealth property in Dauphin and Philadelphia Counties
013 Jul 17 SB0277 PN0284 60 days Third class cities--residency requirements for firemen, fire alarm operators and fire box inspectors
014 Jul 17 SB0387 PN1076 immediately Health Care Cost Containment Act--powers and duties of council, submission, collection and dissemination of data, mandated health benefits, access to council data, enforcement and penalty and expiration
015 Jul 17 HB0782 PN2384 immediately* Liquor Code--omnibus amendments
*  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. 03-1489. Filed for public inspection August 1, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]



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