THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During the 1998 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[28 Pa.B. 5478] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1998 Regular Session.
1998 ACTS--ACTS 92 through 98 (numerical)
Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1998-92 Oct. 6 HB2328 PN3614 Immediately Pennsylvania Keystone Opportunity Zone Act--enactment 1998-93 Oct. 15 SB254 PN2218 90 days Public Officers (65 Pa.C.S.)--enactment 1998-94 Oct. 16 SB283 PN2060 60 days Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.)--aquacultural development and powers and duties of Department of Agriculture 1998-95 Oct. 16 SB996 PN2024 90 days Health Care Facilities Act--hospice services 1998-96 Oct. 16 SB1163 PN2168 Immediately* Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)--advisory councils for veterans' homes, pay of members on special duty and charitable status of veterans' organizations 1998-97 Oct. 16 HB591 PN2587 60 days Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code--joint municipal curative amendments1998-98 Oct. 16 HB656 PN2505 120 days Insurance Company Law of 1921--reimbursement for diabetic supplies and hearing aid coverage
1998 Appropriations--Act 44A (numerical)
Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1998-44A Oct. 16 HB2361 PN3980 Immediately Lincoln University--operation, instruction, accounting methods and fiscal information disclosure, 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 of 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, State Records Center Building, 1825 Stanley Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17103, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $20, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
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, (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, (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Director Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1782. Filed for public inspection October 30, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
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