Recent Actions During the 2008 Regular Session of the General Assembly [38 Pa.B. 5842]
[Saturday, October 25, 2008]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during 2008 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2008 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED--ACT 087 through 096
087 Oct 8 SB0684 PN2475 90 days Public Health Child Death Review Act-- enactment 088 Oct 8 SB0884 PN2433 60 days Municipalities Generally (53 Pa.C.S.)-- restricting municipalities from regulating amateur radio service communications 089 Oct 8 SB0908 PN2374 60 days Auctioneer and Auction Licensing Act-- auctioneer and apprentice auctioneer licenses 090 Oct 8 SB1019 PN1711 60 days Board of Vehicles Act--omnibus amendments 091 Oct 8 SB1023 PN1350 60 days Acupuncture Registration Act--redesignating registration as licensure 092 Oct 8 SB1093 PN2038 Immediately Municipal Police Pension Law--applicability of certain benefit provisions for certain beneficiaries 093 Oct 8 SB1225 PN2413 Immediately Health and Safety (35 Pa.C.S.)--intra- state mutual aid 094 Oct 8 SB1308 PN2416 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property located in Solebury Township, Bucks County and City of Philadelphia 095 Oct 8 SB1376 PN1962 60 days Repealing act to incorporate and endow an academy or public school in the Town of York and for other purposes 096 Oct 8 SB1503 PN2474 Immediately Highway-Railroad and Highway Bridge Capital Budget Supplemental Act for 2008-2009--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).
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 (Department) 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, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120, 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. 08-1922. Filed for public inspection October 24, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]
