Recent Actions during 2015 Regular Session of the General Assembly [45 Pa.B. 6673]
[Saturday, November 21, 2015]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2015 Regular Session:
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2015 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 040 through 056
040 Oct 1 SB0663 PN1156 60 days Domestic Relations (23 Pa.C.S.)—liability for support and consideration of criminal conviction 041 Oct 1 SB0678 PN1121 60 days Public School Code of 1949—further providing for definitions 042 Oct 7 HB0033 PN0355 60 days Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code—appointment, term and vacancy of planning commission members and conduct of business of planning commission 043 Oct 7 HB0075 PN0066 60 days Pharmacy Act—nonresident pharmacies 044 Oct 7 HB0315 PN0322 60 days Child Labor Act—occupations and establishments 045 Oct 7 SB0513 PN1139 60 days Solid Waste Management Act—transportation of residual waste and abrogating a regulation 046 Oct 7 SB0897 PN1087 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County 047 Oct 8 SB0875 PN1187 60 days Treated Mine Water Act—enactment 048 Oct 22 HB0823 PN2181 Immediately* Local Tax Collection Law—bonds of tax collectors, permanent basic and continuing education programs for tax collectors, criminal history record information and deputy tax collectors 049 Oct 22 SB0925 PN1303 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—qualification for school bus driver endorsement, employer responsibilities, commercial driver's license qualification standards, nonresident CDL, commerical driver's license and disqualification 050 Oct 30 HB0175 PN2179 Immediately Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Benefit Act—application for compensation, Commonwealth indebtness and reports 051 Oct 30 HB0904 PN1124 60 days First Class Township Code—powers of board of township commissioners as to building and housing regulations and inspectors, Uniform Construction Code, property maintenance code and reserved powers. 052 Oct 30 HB0906 PN1103 60 days First Class Township Code—failure of officer to perform duties 053 Oct 30 HB0910 PN1105 60 days Incorporated town councils to declare certain offices vacant—removal of town officers and vacancies 054 Oct 30 SB0210 PN1282 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—exemptions from jury duty 055 Oct 30 SB0748 PN1313 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 056 Oct 30 SB0890 PN1041 60 days Colonel Frank Duffy Memorial Bridge—designation * 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.
VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-2040. Filed for public inspection November 20, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]
