Recent Actions during the 2004 Regular Session of the General Assembly [34 Pa.B. 947] 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 003 through 007
003 Feb 5 HB1733 PN3230 Feb. 5, 2004* General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) and Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations (64 Pa.C.S.)-- reenacting the codification of provisions of Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, etc. 004 Feb 5 HB0696 PN3141 immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in City and County of Philadelphia 005 Feb 5 HB0900 PN3186 immediately Volunteer Fire Company, Ambulance Service and Rescue Squad Assistance Act--authorizing incurrence of additional debt for loans for assistance to volunteer fire companies, ambulance services and rescue squads 006 Feb 5 SB0748 PN1371 immediately Library Code--fiscal year 2003-2004 waiver of standards and temporary emergency aid to local libraries 007 Feb 9 HB0500 PN3187 immediately Elm Street Program Act--enactment 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. 04-287. Filed for public inspection February 20, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
