THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Recent Actions During the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly
[26 Pa.B. 2481] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1995 Regular and Special Sessions.
1996 ACTS--Acts 35 through 42 (numerical)
Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1996-35 May 16 SB1441 PN2008 Immediately* Public Welfare Code--omnibus amendments 1996-36 May 16 HB1924 PN2565 90 days Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--credit and debit cards used for purchase of licenses, permits, publications, etc. 1996-37 May 16 HB2008 PN2489 60 days Weights and Measures Act of 1965--sale of potatoes 1996-38 May 16 SB222 PN228 Immediately Thomas J. Fee Bridge--designation 1996-39 May 16 SB652 PN1939 Immediately Second Class County Code--omnibus amendments 1996-40 May 16 SB856 PN1765 Immediately Prison Medical Services Act--enactment 1996-41 May 16 SB1314 PN1834 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Chester County 1996-42 May 16 SB975 PN1937 Immediately Adult Literacy Act--omnibus amendments *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.''
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, telephone (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, telephone (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Acting Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-887. Filed for public inspection May 31, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
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