1782 Recent actions during the 1998 regular session of the General Assembly

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Recent Actions During the 1998 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[28 Pa.B. 5478]

   The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1998 Regular Session.

1998 ACTS--ACTS 92 through 98 (numerical)

Act	Enactment	Bill	Printer's	Effective	Subject
No.	Date	No.	No.	Date	Matter
1998-92	Oct. 6	HB2328	PN3614	Immediately	Pennsylvania Keystone Opportunity Zone Act--enactment
1998-93	Oct. 15	SB254	PN2218	90 days	Public Officers (65 Pa.C.S.)--enactment
1998-94	Oct. 16	SB283	PN2060	60 days	Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.)--aquacultural development and powers and duties of Department of Agriculture
1998-95	Oct. 16	SB996	PN2024	90 days	Health Care Facilities Act--hospice services
1998-96	Oct. 16	SB1163	PN2168	Immediately*	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)--advisory councils for veterans' homes, pay of members on special duty and charitable status of veterans' organizations
1998-97	Oct. 16	HB591	PN2587	60 days	Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code--joint municipal curative amendments
1998-98	Oct. 16	HB656	PN2505	120 days	Insurance Company Law of 1921--reimbursement for diabetic supplies and hearing aid coverage

1998 Appropriations--Act 44A (numerical)

Act	Enactment	Bill	Printer's	Effective	Subject
No.	Date	No.	No.	Date	Matter
1998-44A	Oct. 16	HB2361	PN3980	Immediately	Lincoln University--operation, instruction, accounting methods and fiscal information disclosure, etc.
* 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 of 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, [phone].

   Copies of House Bills and Documents may be obtained from: Document Room, House of Representatives, 35 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [phone].

CARL MEASE,   
Director Legislative Reference Bureau

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1782. Filed for public inspection October 30, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]