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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-1387

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions during the 2004 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[34 Pa.B. 4017]

   The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2004 Regular Session.

Doc. Date ofBill Printer's Effective Subject Matter
No. Action Number Number Date
2004 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 074 through 094
074 Jul 15HB1117 PN431960 daysCrimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--railroad protection, railroad vandalism, interference with transportation facilities and railroad civil immunity
075Jul 15HB1130PN413960 daysVehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--learners' permits, drivers of emergency vehicles, Child Passenger Restraint Fund, oral hazard warnings and civil immunity for lenders of child passenger restraint systems
076 Jul 15 HB1912 PN4143 60 daysVehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--person with disability plate and placard, physical examinations, reports on mental or physical disabilities or disorders and determination of incompetency
077 Jul 15HB1996 PN4282 60 daysProcurement (62 Pa.C.S.)--cooperative purchasing, legislative reports and guaranteed energy savings and contracts
078Jul 15HB2230PN3040 immediatelyEmergency Medical Services Act--support of emergency medical services
079 Jul 15 HB2351 PN3279 60 daysBorough Code--retirement benefits of employees transferred to wastewater authorities
080Jul 15HB2433PN4246 immediately Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Act--award of grants, expenses incurred by Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and allocation of appropriated funds
081 Jul 15HB2467PN3519 60 daysMunicipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act--contents of actuarial valuation report
082 Jul 16 HB2654 PN4249 immediately*General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)--parking authorities and taxicabs and limousines in cities of the first class
083 Jul 15 SB0157 PN1766 immediately* Public School Code of 1949--firefighter and emergency service training as creditable high school courses, education empowerment districts and credit card marketing on college or university campus
084 Jul 15 SB0508 PN1727 60 days Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law--redemption of property and challenging foreclosure sales
085 Jul 15 SB0679 PN1549 60 days Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act--possession or transporting of liquefied ammonia gas, possession of certain precursors and chemicals used in manufacture of controlled substances and clandestine drug laboratories
086 Jul 15 SB0769PN1654 90 days Elderly Immunization Act--enactment
087 Jul 15 SB0971 PN134060 daysPublic Employee Pension Forfeiture Act--definition of ''crimes related to public office or public employment''
088 Jul 15 SB0979PN1779 immediatelyJudicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--child victims and witnesses
089 Jul 15SB1039 PN1791 immediatelyPublic Officers (65 Pa.C.S.)--definition of ''agency''
090 Jul 15 SB1092PN155760 days Fred Jaindl Memorial Highway--designation
091 Jul 15 SB1095PN156560 daysChuck Mattei Interchange--designation
092 Jul 15 SB1100 PN1573 60 daysGeneral County Assessment Law--valuation of property
093 Jul 15SB1139 PN1784immediately Pennsylvania Construction Code Act--application of act, adoption of regulations, administration and enforcement, changes in Uniform Construction Code and exemptions
094 Jul 15 SB1184PN173460 daysProject 70 lands--release and imposition of restrictions on land in Scranton, Lackawanna County
2004 APPROPRIATION ACTS ENACTED--ACT 037A through 039A
037A Jul 15 HB2534PN4301 immediatelyDrexel University--instruction and student aid
038A Jul 15 HB2554 PN4313 immediately Franklin Institute Science Museum--maintenance expenses
039A Jul 15 HB2590 PN4317 immediately Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine--instruction in Doctor of Osteopathy program

   * 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. 04-1387. Filed for public inspection July 30, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]



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