THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[38 Pa.B. 7]
[Saturday, January 5, 2008]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 067 through 077
067 Dec 18 HB0017 PN2982 Immediately* Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 068 Dec 18 HB0043 PN2870 60 days Environmental Resources (27 Pa.C.S.)--Uniform environmental convenants 069 Dec 18 HB0131 PN2910 60 days General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)--prohibiting fees for police services 070 Dec 18 HB0296 PN2873 Immediately* Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--costs imposed following conviction for passing bad checks and the offense of debt pooling 071 Dec 18 HB1604 PN2043 30 days Battle of the Bulge Veterans Memorial Highway--designation 072 Dec 18 HB1877 PN2574 60 days County Code--authorization of hotel tax 073 Dec 18 HB1961 PN2832 Immediately* Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.)--information relating to prospective child-care personnel 074 Dec 18 SB0648 PN1486 Immediately Conveyances--Commonwealth property in Ligonier Borough, Westmoreland County; City of Connellsville, Fayette County; City of Allentown, Lehigh County; Bensalem Township, Bucks County and Sus- quehanna Township, Dauphin County 075 Dec 18 SB0737 PN1188 Immediately Compliance checks for extension of expiration date relating to purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages and for inducement of minors to buy liquor or malt or brewed beverages 076 Dec 18 SB1156 PN1576 January 1, 2008 Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--notice and hearing and disposition of dependent child 077 Dec 18 SB1100 PN1483 Immediately Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund Funding Act--enactment * denotes an effective date with exceptions
Effective Dates of Statutes The effective dates specified previously 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 date 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 (Department) 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--PHMC, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $20, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 08-1. Filed for public inspection January 4, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]
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