THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2010 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[40 Pa.B. 2740]
[Saturday, May 29, 2010]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2010 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2010 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 023 through 028
023 May 12 HB0464 PN3559 Immediately Prohibiting use of certain ticket purchasing software and penalty 024 May 12 HB0961 PN3563 Immediately Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act—Recycling fee for municipal waste landfills and resource recovery facilities 025 May 12 HB0975 PN2060 60 days Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law—General powers of registration board, procedure for licensing as a professional geologist, continuing professional competency and education requirements, practice by firms and corporations 026 May 12 HB2003 PN2882 60 days PFC Joseph J. Lannon, Jr., USMC Memorial Bridge—designation 027 May 12 SB0916 PN1102 Immediately Second Class County Code—required financial reporting 028 May 12 SB0960 PN1164 Immediately Military and Veterans Affairs (51 Pa.C.S.)—composition of the State Veterans' Commission * 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, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $25, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-977. Filed for public inspection May 28, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
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