Recent Actions During the 1997 Regular Session of the General Assembly [27 Pa.B. 5500] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1997 Regular Session.
1997 ACTS--Acts 44 through 47 (numerical) Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1997-44 Oct. 2 SB45 PN1167 Immediately* Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1997-45 Oct. 6 HB231 PN253 60 days County Prison Board Law--board of prison inspectors 1997-46 Oct. 6 SB755 PN1345 Immediately Fiscal Code, The--redevelopment assistance capital projects and Local Government Capital Project Loan Fund 1997-47 Oct. 10 SB188 PN1351 Immediately Capital Budget Project Itemization Act for 1996-1997--enactment * 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, (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, (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1694. Filed for public inspection October 24, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
