THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2004 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[34 Pa.B. 6499] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2004 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2004 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 122 through 153
122 Nov 23 HB0138 PN4594 60 days Vital Statistics Law of 1953--Vital Statistics Improvement Account, local registrars' fees, reports to county registration commissions and issuance of certificates of death 123 Nov 23 HB0249 PN4736 60 days First Class Township Code--tax levies 124 Nov 23 HB0310 PN4735 60 days Colonel George Howard Boulevard and General Richard M. Scott Bridge--designation 125 Nov 23 HB0547 PN0805 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--assessments 126 Nov 23 HB0552 PN4690 immediately Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--exempt transactions and fees 127 Nov 23 HB0553 PN0655 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--commission to petition for escrow of extraordinary payments by issuers in certain circumstances 128 Nov 23 HB0561 PN0663 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--adding definition, prohibited advisory activities and prohibited transactions involving public school districts in this Commonwealth 129 Nov 23 HB0595 PN0697 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--right of commission to bring actions for injunctions and equitable relief 130 Nov 23 HB0599 PN1483 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--time limitations on rights of action 131 Nov 23 HB0600 PN0702 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--denial, suspension and revocation of registration 132 Nov 23 HB0604 PN1484 60 days Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972--definitions, registration sanctions and criminal penalties 133 Nov 23 HB1152 PN4379 30 days Tax Reform Code of 1971--contributions for juvenile diabetes cure research 134 Nov 23 HB1238 PN1522 60 days Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act--self-service dispensing stations, prohibition and penalties 135 Nov 23 HB1487 PN1877 immediately First Class City Government Law--repeals relating to the Department of Public Works and the Department of Supplies and Purchases 136 Nov 23 HB1620 PN4717 immediately Project 500 lands--Wright Township, Luzerne County, release and imposition of restrictions 137 Nov 23 HB2027 PN4051 60 days Urban Redevelopment Law--appointment and qualifications of members of authority 138 Nov 23 HB2218 PN3777 60 days Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law--definition of ''computer-related hardware, software and training,'' moneys appropriated to municipalities, and editorial changes 139 Nov 23 HB2227 PN4641 immediately Forest Lands Beautification Act--funding for Forest Lands Beautification Restricted Account 140 Nov 23 HB2405 PN3381 60 days Colonel John Craig Memorial Bridge--designation 141 Nov 23 HB2430 PN3558 60 days Vital Statistics Law of 1953--unidentified dead bodies and fetal remains 142 Nov 23 HB2599 PN4499 60 days 87th Infantry Division Patton's 3rd U.S. Army--WWII Memorial Interchange--designation 143 Nov 23 HB2655 PN3954 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--grading of theft offenses 144 Nov 23 HB2719 PN4482 60 days Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.)--abolishing common-law marriage and providing for waiting period after application for marriage license 145 Nov 23 HB2745 PN4754 immediately Highway-Railroad and Highway Bridge Capital Budget Supplemental Act for 2004-2005--enactment 146 Nov 23 HB2794 PN4757 60 days Private First Class Bradley G. Kritzer Bridge and Senator Edward P. Zemprelli Bridge--designation or redesignation 147 Nov 23 SB0137 PN1921 60 days Mental health treatment--consent to treatment, release of medical records and requiring report by Legislative Budget and Finance Committee 148 Nov 23 SB0296 PN0311 immediately Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.)--court orders relating to adoption records 149 Nov 23 SB0844 PN1975 immediately Highway and Transportation Assistance Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 2003-2004--enactment 150 Nov 23 SB0921 PN1326 60 days Fiscal Code--delivery sales of cigarettes 151 Nov 23 SB1112 PN1605 immediately Rouse Estate--establishing Board of Directors 152 Nov 24 SB0092 PN1995 immediately * Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 153 Nov 24 SB0936 PN1250 immediately Pennsylvania Amber Alert System--establishment, costs, immunity and penalties * 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).
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ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-2168. Filed for public inspection December 10, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
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