Recent Actions During the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly [26 Pa.B. 5226] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions.
1996 ACTS--Acts 118 through 128 (numerical) Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1996-118 Oct. 7 SB1332 PN2203 60 days* Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--determination of driver or applicant incompetancy and judicial review and supersedeas 1996-119 Oct. 7 SB1431 PN2131 120 days Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) and Judiciary and Judicial Procedure (42 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-120 Oct. 16 HB1053 PN3456 60 days Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.)--operation and suspension of adult-oriented establishments 1996-121 Oct. 16 HB1886 PN3937 60 days Agricultural Area Security Law--agricultural security areas and conservation easements 1996-122 Oct. 16 HB1985 PN4000 60 days Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act--repossession of motor vehicle 1996-123 Oct. 16 SB80 PN1578 90 days Insurance Company Law of 1921, The--official vehicle inspection station loss of liability insurance; insurer notification to Department of Transportation 1996-124 Oct. 16 SB434 PN2306 60 days Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-125 Oct. 16 SB742 PN2132 Immediately Local Government Unit Debt Act--small borrowing for capital purposes 1996-126 Oct. 16 SB1220 PN2303 Immediately Bradford County Veterans Memorial Bridge, Jimmy Stewart Boulevard and Louis A. Magnano Interchange--designations 1996-127 Oct. 16 SB1433 PN2200 60 days Charitable Gift Annuity Exemption Act--enactment 1996-128 Oct. 16 SB1466 PN2310 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--theft of trade secrets, trademark counterfeiting, expungement of criminal records and penalties *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, telephone (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, telephone (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Acting Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1830. Filed for public inspection November 1, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
