Recent Actions during the 2004 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[34 Pa.B. 2909] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2004 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2004 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 036 through 037
036 May 21 HB0832 PN3805 60 days Crimes and Offenses (18 Pa.C.S.)--tattooing, body piercing and greyhound racing 037 May 21 HB2447 PN3459 immediately* Township State Highway Law--adding a road, Logan Township, Blair County, to State highway system 2004 VETOES OF BILLS--VETO 001 through 002 001 May 21 HB2007 PN3559 60 days General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)--duties of city controllers in cities of second class and statements of receipts and expenditures 002 May 21 HB2008 PN3546 immediately General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)--form and adoption of budget in cities of second class * denotes an effective date 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.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-970. Filed for public inspection June 4, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
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