THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 1998 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[28 Pa.B. 1123] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1998 Regular Session.
1998 ACTS--Acts 1 through 13 (numerical)
Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1998-01 Jan. 27 SB382 PN1522 Immediately Second Class County Code--omnibus amendments 1998-02 Jan. 27 SB425 PN1523 60 days Athletics and Sports (5 Pa.C.S.)--athletic agents registration and penalty 1998-03 Jan. 27 SB641 PN1576 Immediately* Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--juvenile law enforcement records and postconviction relief 1998-04 Jan. 29 SB307 PN1552 60 days Labor--termination and discipline of employe for failure to report to work during state of emergency, prohibition 1998-05 Jan. 29 SB538 PN1533 60 days Real Estate Tax Sale Law--omnibus amendments 1998-06 Jan. 29 HB631 PN1534 60 days Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law--attorney fees and sale of property in cities of first class 1998-07 Jan. 29 HB13 PN2583 Immediately Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa. C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1998-08 Jan. 29 HB196 PN2107 60 days Recorder of Deeds Fee Law--County Records Improvement Fund 1998-09 Jan. 29 HB441 PN2579 30 days Military Code (51 Pa.C.S.)--absence without leave 1998-10 Jan. 29 HB1065 PN2687 Immediately Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Act--omnibus amendments 1998-11 Jan. 29 HB1345 PN2662 Immediately Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center Act--enactment 1998-12 Jan. 29 HB1763 PN2226 Immediately Repeals--obsolete law relating to vendors of mineral waters, etc. 1998-13 Jan. 30 HB1476 PN2784 Immediately Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act--omnibus amendments * 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).
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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. 98-325. Filed for public inspection February 27, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
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