GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[39 Pa.B. 4417]
[Saturday, August 1, 2009]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2009 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2009 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED--ACT 013 through 025
013 Jul 6 SB0195 PN1144 Immediately Industrialized Housing Act--regulations and insignia of certification required 014 Jul 6 SB0241 PN0246 60 days Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act--Prohibited acts and duties of licensee generally and for handling of deposits and other escrows 015 Jul 14 HB0089 PN2180 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--in minors, the offense of sexual abuse of children 016 Jul 14 HB0109 PN2417 Immediately Project 70 lands--release and imposition of restrictions on land in Warren, Warren County, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County and Old Forge, Lackawanna County 017 Jul 14 HB0262 PN1776 Immediately Prescribed Burning Practices Act--enactment 018 Jul 14 HB0270 PN2181 Immediately Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.)--persons qualified to solemnize marriages 019 Jul 14 HB1392 PN1713 Immediately Project 70 lands--release and imposition of restrictions in Beaver County 020 Jul 14 SB0033 PN1230 Immediately* Pennsylvania Election Code--powers and duties of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Voting Standards Development Board and restrictions on alteration of boundaries of election districts 021 Jul 14 SB0054 PN0039 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County 022 Jul 17 HB0092 PN1705 Immediately Game Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--hunting and furtaking licenses and license costs and fees 023 Jul 17 HB0263 PN0268 Immediately Pennsylvania Appalachian Trail Act--content of zoning ordinances and extending the time period necessary to implement certain provisions 024 Jul 17 HB0703 PN0776 60 days Landscape Architects' Registration Law--application for license and qualifications and experience requirements of applicants and for continuing education 025 Jul 17 SB0142 PN0997 60 days General Counsel--civil penalties and confidentiality of information * 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 dates of statutes).
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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. 09-1368. Filed for public inspection July 31, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
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