Recent Actions during the 2006 Regular Session of the General Assembly [36 Pa.B. 1122] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2006 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2006 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 007 through 019
007 Feb 14 HB1114 PN1946 60 days Recycled tire product and waste tire recycling, disposal of whole waste tires, Environmental Quality Board regulations, waste tire registry and remediation liens 008 Feb 14 HB1183 PN1734 Immediately Sergeant Michael Strank Memorial Bridge--redesignation 009 Feb 14 HB1281 PN3386 60 days Timberwolves Memorial Highway--104th Infantry Division, United States Army--designation 010 Feb 14 HB1455 PN1753 60 days Joseph J. Lininger Intersection--designation 011 Feb 14 HB1504 PN3467 30 days Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.)--reduced license fees for former prisoners of war 012 Feb 21 HB0459 PN3383 60 days Real Estate Tax Sale Law--property subject to or exempt from claim, public record lists and report of nonpayment of tax 013 Feb 21 HB0599 PN3528 Immediately Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Act--grants, expiration of authority and appropriation 014 Feb 21 HB1401 PN1691 60 days Beech Creek Veterans Memorial Bridge--designation 015 Feb 21 HB1525 PN2743 60 days Liquor Code--retail license limits in each county 016 Feb 21 HB1955 PN2669 60 days 1/112th Infantry Alpha Company Bridge--designation 017 Feb 21 SB0509 PN0806 Immediately Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.)--classification and order of payment of claims against estate of decedent 018 Feb 21 SB0640 PN1491 60 days Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law--omnibus amendments 019 Feb 21 SB0929 PN1218 60 days Truth in Music Advertising Act--enactment *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, 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. 06-387. Filed for public inspection March 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
