Recent Actions during the 2008 Regular Session of the General Assembly [38 Pa.B. 6688]
[Saturday, December 13, 2008]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 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 133 through 136
133 Nov 26 HB0347 PN4509 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 134 Nov 26 HB1543 PN4489 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--expungement of criminal history record 135 Nov 26 HB2188 PN4521 90 days Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act--enactment 136 Nov 26 SB1114 PN2489 60 days Blue Star Point Lookout, John W. Groters Memorial Highway, Police Sergeant Stephen Liczbinski Memorial Highway, Glenn McMaster Memorial Bridge--designations * 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. 08-2224. Filed for public inspection December 12, 2008, 9:00 a.m.]
