THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[37 Pa.B. 3210]
[Saturday, July 14, 2007]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2007 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of
Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2007 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED--ACT 008 through 020
008 Jun 27 HB0876 PN1446 Immediately State Government (71 Pa.C.S.)--employer retirement contribution rates 009 Jun 27 SB0437 PN0853 Immediately Uniform Construction Code--concrete and masonry foundation walls structural standards 010 Jun 28 HB0906 PN2021 Immediately Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Act--publication of grant availability, distribution of written instructions for grants and applications for grants 011 Jun 30 HB0013 PN1536 Immediately Limiting liability of owners of land and water areas available for recreational purposes 012 Jun 30 HB0781 PN0900 60 days Colonel John Joseph Tominac Memorial Bridge--designation 013 Jun 30 HB0840 PN0955 60 days AMVETS POW-MIA Memorial Bridge-- designation 014 Jun 30 HB0892 PN1045 60 days Marine Lance Corporal Jason L. Frye Memorial Highway--designation 015 Jun 30 HB0917 PN1067 60 days Borough Code--borough real or personal property sale or auction, advertising requirements 016 Jun 30 HB1367 PN2087 Immediately Public Welfare Code--medical assistance payments to county and nonpublic nursing facilities and establishment of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee and Senior Care and Services Study Commission 017 Jun 30 SB0431 PN0162 Immediately Project 70 lands--release and imposition of restrictions on lands in Adams County 018 Jun 30 SB0580 PN0625 Immediately Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--Use of dogs in hunting wild turkeys 019 Jun 30 SB0755 PN0831 60 days Port of Philadelphia--regulating rates of pilotage 020 Jun 30 SB0815 PN0909 Immediately Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act-- expiration dates for underground storage tank environmental cleanup program and underground storage tank pollution prevention program 2007 APPROPRIATION ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED--ACT 1A through 6A 1A Jun 30 SB0791 PN0883 July 1, 2007 State Employees Retirement Fund--expenses for State Employees Retirement Board and payment of unpaid bills from fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 2A Jun 30 SB0792 PN0884 July 1, 2007 Public School Employees' Retirement Fund--expenses for Public School Employees' Retirement Board and payment of unpaid bills from fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 3A Jun 30 SB0793 PN0885 July 1, 2007 Professional Licensure Augmentation Account--appropriations for Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs for professional licensure boards 4A Jun 30 SB0794 PN0886 July 1, 2007 Workmen's Compensation Administration Fund--appropriations for administering Workers' Compensation Act, Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and Office of Small Business Advocate 5A Jun 30 SB0795 PN0887 July 1, 2007 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission-- funding 6A Jun 30 SB0797 PN0889 July 1, 2007 Office of Small Business Advocate--funding * denotes an effective date with exceptions
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ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-1219. Filed for public inspection July 13, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]
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