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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-1981

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions during the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[39 Pa.B. 6221]
[Saturday, October 24, 2009]

 The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2009 Regular Session.

Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter
No.ActionNumberNumberDate
2009 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 046 through 052
046 Oct 9 HB0792 PN2676 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in Ryan Township, Schuylkill County
047 Oct 9 HB1468 PN2745 60 days Fred B. Rooney Highway and William Henry Atherton Bridge—designations
048 Oct 9 HB1531 PN2748 Immediately* Tax Reform Code of 1971—omnibus amendments
049 Oct 9 HB1607 PN2747 Immediately* Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Law and Justice (44 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments
050 Oct 9 HB1614 PN2799 Immediately* The Fiscal Code—omnibus amendments
051 Oct 9 SB0369 PN1478 Immediately Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act—death benefit eligibility
052 Oct 9 SB0607 PN0657 60 days Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act—board of directors and grants
2009 APPROPRIATION ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 010A
010A Oct 9 HB1416 PN2772 Immediately General Appropriation Act of 2009—enactment

 * denotes an effective date with exceptions

Effective Dates of Statutes

 The effective dates specified previously 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 (Department) 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. 09-1981. Filed for public inspection October 23, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]



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