GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During the 2001 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[31 Pa.B. 6151] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2001 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter
No. Action Number Number Date 2001 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 078 through 083
078 Oct 24 SB0419 PN0427 immediately Die, Mold and Form Forfeiture Act--enactment 079 Oct 30 HB0815 PN2685 immediately General Provisions (1 Pa.C.S.)--local or special legislation notice and Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws reestablishment 080 Oct 30 HB0869 PN2598 immediately Second Class County Code--omnibus amendments 081 Oct 30 HB0910 PN2631 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--volunteer-in-public-service negligence standard 082 Oct 30 SB0773 PN1103 60 days Vital Statistics Law of 1953--filings with department for marriages, divorces, annulments, adoptions and decrees of annulment relating to adoptions 083 Oct 30 SB0640 PN1473 immediately Public School Code of 1949--distress in first class school districts and medical education loan assistance, 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 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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CARL L. MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-2008. Filed for public inspection November 9, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
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