Recent Actions During the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly [26 Pa.B. 6176] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions.
1996 ACTS--Acts 134 through 148 (numerical) Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1996-134 Nov. 21 HB544 PN4238 Immediately* State Lottery Law--omnibus amendments 1996-135 Nov. 26 HB2210 PN4281 Immediately* Health Care Services Malpractice Act--omnibus amendments 1996-136 Nov. 27 SB598 PN622 Immediately Charitable Instruments Act of 1971--governing instruments of charitable organizations 1996-137 Nov. 27 HB2380 PN4071 60 days Hardwoods Development Council Act--definitions, powers and duties and transfer to Department of Agriculture 1996-138 Dec. 3 HB1509 PN4282 Jan. 1, '97 Associations Code (15 Pa.C.S.) and Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1996-139 Dec. 4 HB774 PN4199 Immediately Military Affairs (51 Pa.C.S.)--assistant adjutant general appointments and officers and enlisted personnel pay 1996-140 Dec. 4 HB1782 PN3657 60 days C.P.A. Law, The--omnibus amendments 1996-141 Dec. 4 HB2511 PN3636 60 days Liquor Code--omnibus amendments 1996-142 Dec. 4 SB1165 PN1361 Immediately Peer Review Protection Act--definitions and veterinarian peer review committees 1996-143 Dec. 4 SB1645 PN2242 Immediately Regulation and government of Northampton county prison--repeal 1996-144 Dec. 4 SB484 PN2316 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Lackawanna County 1996-145 Dec. 4 SB1315 PN2426 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S)--deceptive business practices and prohibition of tobacco in school 1996-146 Dec. 4 SB1316 PN2427 60 days Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law--omnibus amendments 1996-147 Dec. 4 SB1317 PN2388 90 days Telemarketer Registration Act--enactment 1996-148 Dec. 4 SB857 PN2459 90 days Capital Budget Project Itemization Act for 1996-1997--enactment *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 make in 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. 96-2175. Filed for public inspection December 27, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
