Recent Actions during the 2005 Regular Session of the General Assembly [35 Pa.B. 6317] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2005 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2005 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 061 through 063 061 Nov 1 HB0619 PN2656 60 days Agricultural Area Security Law--creation of agricultural areas and purchase of agricultural conservation easements. 062 Nov 1 HB1069 PN2762 Immediately Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)--leaves of absence for certain government employees 063 Nov 1 HB1435 PN2109 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--computer-assisted remote harvesting of animals 2005 APPROPRIATION ACTS ENACTED--ACT 039A 039A Nov 3 HB0816 PN2854 Immediately Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission--additional funding * 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, PHMC, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $20, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
ROBERT ZECH,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-2114. Filed for public inspection November 18, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
