THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions during the 2009 Regular Session of the General Assembly
[39 Pa.B. 6221]
[Saturday, October 24, 2009]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2009 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2009 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 046 through 052
046 Oct 9 HB0792 PN2676 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in Ryan Township, Schuylkill County 047 Oct 9 HB1468 PN2745 60 days Fred B. Rooney Highway and William Henry Atherton Bridge—designations 048 Oct 9 HB1531 PN2748 Immediately* Tax Reform Code of 1971—omnibus amendments 049 Oct 9 HB1607 PN2747 Immediately* Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) and Law and Justice (44 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 050 Oct 9 HB1614 PN2799 Immediately* The Fiscal Code—omnibus amendments 051 Oct 9 SB0369 PN1478 Immediately Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act—death benefit eligibility 052 Oct 9 SB0607 PN0657 60 days Rural Pennsylvania Revitalization Act—board of directors and grants 2009 APPROPRIATION ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 010A
010A Oct 9 HB1416 PN2772 Immediately General Appropriation Act of 2009—enactment * 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—PHMC, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, 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. 09-1981. Filed for public inspection October 23, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
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