GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During 2002 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[32 Pa.B. 1301] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2002 Regular Session.
2002 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 003 through 012
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 003 Jan 31 SB0607 PN1680 immediately* Elections (25 Pa.C.S.)--enactment 004 Feb 13 HB1813 PN2681 immediately Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act--practice of professional counseling and exemption from licensure 005 Feb 21 HB1333 PN3184 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--Internet child pornography 006 Feb 21 SB0400 PN1466 60 days Physical Therapy Practice Act--omnibus amendments 007 Feb 21 SB0765 PN0855 60 days Borough Code, The--State Association of Boroughs and regional borough associations 008 Feb 21 SB1169 PN1714 immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Indiana and Allegheny counties 009 Feb 21 SB0767 PN0857 60 days Second Class Township Code, The--State Association of Township Supervisors and county associations 010 Feb 21 HB1519 PN3264 immediately* Liquor Code--omnibus amendments 011 Feb 21 HB1830 PN3242 immediately Sewage Treatment Plant and Waterworks Operators' Certification Act--omnibus amendments 012 Feb 21 HB1948 PN2537 60 days Second Class Township Code, The--real property 2002 JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED--JR 001
001 Jan 29 SB0211 PN0093 Constitution of Pennsylvania--rights of accused in criminal prosecutions and judicial administration * 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 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 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 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.''
CARL L. MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-373. Filed for public inspection March 8, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
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