Recent Actions during the 2004 Regular Session of the General Assembly [34 Pa.B. 6393] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2004 Regular Session
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2004 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 099 through 121
099 Nov 19 HB0796 PN4409 60 days Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code--defining ''multimunicipal plan,'' providing for membership of board and for organization of board 100 Nov 19 HB2022 PN4073 60 days Assessors Certification Act--providing for nonapplicability 101 Nov 19 HB2298 PN3198 60 days Permanent identification of labeling of dentures--enactment 102 Nov 19 HB2306 PN3215 60 days Community Memorial Bridge--designation 103 Nov 19 HB2396 PN4464 60 days Crime Victims Act--definitions of ''crime'' and ''personal injury crime'' and for filing of claims for compensation 104 Nov 19 HB2409 PN3404 60 days General Thomas R. Morgan USMC Bridge--designation 105 Nov 19 HB2441 PN3452 60 days Names (54 Pa.C.S.)--surviving spouse to resume prior name 106 Nov 19 HB2437 PN3448 60 days Second Class Township Code--creation of recreation boards 107 Nov 19 HB2589 PN3873 immediately Live turtles--importation and sale and Department of Health permits 108 Nov 19 HB2724 PN4382 60 days Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act--definition of ''structure'' and prohibited acts and penalties 109 Nov 19 HB2739 PN4127 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--restitution for cleanup of clandestine laboratories 110 Nov 19 HB2762 PN4410 immediately Conveyances--Common property in Borough of Archbald, Lackawanna County, and Project 70 lands in Wharton Township, Fayette County 111 Nov 19 HB2826 PN4354 60 days Huntingdon County World War II Veterans Memorial Bridge--designation 112 Nov 19 SB0217 PN1758 180 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 113 Nov 19 SB1073 PN1485 60 days 79th Infantry Division Memorial Bridge--designation 114 Nov 19 SB1149 PN1675 immediately * Tobacco Settlement Agreement Act--providing for requirements 115 Nov 19 SB1186 PN1760 immediately Senator John D. Hopper Memorial Bypass--designation 116 Nov 19 SB1190 PN1769 immediately Tax Reform Code of 1971--extending employment incentive tax credit 117 Nov 19 SB1208 PN1852 immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Polk Borough, Venango County 118 Nov 20 HB2406 PN4771 60 days Steven M. Krochta Memorial Bridge--redesignation 119 Nov 20 HB2561 PN4770 immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property, Borough of Forty Fort, Luzerne County; City of Allentown and Salisbury Township, Lehigh County; Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County; making a repeal 120 Nov 20 SB0895 PN1141 60 days Colonel George Howard Boulevard--designation 121 Nov 20 SB1052 PN1946 immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property, City of Erie, Erie County; Derry Township, Dauphin County; Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County * 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, 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.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-2126. Filed for public inspection December 3, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
