THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During the 1999 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[29 Pa.B. 2764] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1999 Regular Session.
1999 ACTS--ACTS 3 through 6
(numerical)
Act Enact. Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1999-03 April 28 HB319 PN326 30 days Mental Health or Mental Retardation Facility Closure Act--enactment 1999-04 May 12 SB557 PN1101 Immediately* Tax Reform Code of 1971--omnibus amendments 1999-05 May 12 HB102 PN84 Immediately Nurse Aide Resident Abuse Prevention Training Act--enrollment in State-approved nurse aide training programs 1999-06 May 13 SB492 PN517 July 1, 1999 Capital Budget Act of 1999-2000--enactment
1999 APPROPRIATIONS--ACTS 1A through 24A
(numerical)
Act Enact. Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1999-01A May 5 HB980 PN1703 July 1, 1999 General Appropriation Act of 1999--enactment 1999-02A May 12 HB1011 PN1119 July 1, 1999 Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development--workers' compensation, occupational diseases and Office of Small Business Advocate 1999-03A May 12 HB1020 PN1128 July 1, 1999 Office of Small Business Advocate--operation 1999-04A May 14 HB1021 PN1129 July 1, 1999 Office of Consumer Advocate--operation 1999-05A May 13 SB484 PN499 July 1, 1999 State Employees' Retirement Board--administrative expenses, etc. 1999-06A May 13 SB485 PN500 July 1, 1999 Public School Employees' Retirement Board--administrative expenses, etc. 1999-07A May 13 SB486 PN501 July 1, 1999 Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs--operation of professional licensure boards 1999-08A May 13 SB737 PN801 July 1, 1999 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine--instruction 1999-09A May 13 SB739 PN802 July 1, 1999 University of the Arts--instruction and student aid 1999-10A May 13 SB742 PN804 July 1, 1999 Johnson Technical Institute--operation and maintenance 1999-11A May 13 SB743 PN805 July 1, 1999 Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades--operation and maintenance 1999-12A May 13 SB753 PN862 July 1, 1999 Beacon Lodge Camp--services to the blind 1999-13A May 13 SB502 PN594 July 1, 1999 Philadelphia Health and Education Corporation, MCP Hahnemann University--instruction, student aid, minority education and recruitment and cardiovascular and heart failure/transplant studies 1999-14A May 13 SB763 PN827 July 1, 1999 Arsenal Family and Children's Center-- operation 1999-15A May 13 SB738 PN1061 July 1, 1999 Thomas Jefferson University--instruction, maintenance, student aid, College of Allied Health Sciences, Children's Heart Hospital and Tay-Sachs disease program 1999-16A May 13 SB741 PN1063 July 1, 1999 Berean Training and Industrial School-- operation and maintenance 1999-17A May 13 SB755 PN1064 July 1, 1999 Carnegie Museums--operation of planetarium and institute, maintenance and purchases 1999-18A May 13 SB756 PN1065 July 1, 1999 Everhart Museum--operation, maintenance and purchases 1999-19A May 13 SB757 PN1066 July 1, 1999 African-American Museum--operation, maintenance and purchases 1999-20A May 13 SB758 PN1067 July 1, 1999 Academy of Natural Sciences--maintenance 1999-21A May 13 SB759 PN1068 July 1, 1999 University of Pennsylvania Museum-- maintenance and purchases 1999-22A May 13 SB760 PN1069 July 1, 1999 Franklin Institute Science Museum-- maintenance 1999-23A May 13 SB761 PN1070 July 1, 1999 Mercer Museum--operation, maintenance and purchases 1999-24A May 13 SB762 PN1071 July 1, 1999 Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts--operation, maintenance and purchases * with exceptions
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 of 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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CARL L. MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-847. Filed for public inspection May 28, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]
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