THE GENERAL ASSEMBLYTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During the 1997 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[27 Pa.B. 5955] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1997 Regular Session.
1997 ACTS--Acts 48 through 51 (numerical)
Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1997-48 Oct. 31 SB1136 PN1352 Jan. 1, 1998 Counties--district election officers compensation 1997-49 Oct. 31 SB55 PN953 60 days Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.)--watercraft operation under influence of alcohol or controlled substance, chemical testing and classification of offenses and penalties 1997-50 Oct. 31 HB41 PN846 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--facsimile bombs 1997-51 Nov. 4 SB176 PN1442 Immediately* Insurance Company Law of 1921, The--omnibus amendments * with exceptions
# line item veto
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).
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 office 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 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, State Records Center Building, 1825 Stanley Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17103, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $20, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
Legislative Bills and Documents Copies of Senate Bills and Documents may be obtained from: Document Room, Senate of Pennsylvania, Room 34A, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-6732.
Copies of House Bills and Documents may be obtained from: Document Room, House of Representatives, 35 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1819. Filed for public inspection November 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
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