Recent Actions during the 2004 Regular Session of the General Assembly [34 Pa.B. 1925] 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 015 through 021
015 Mar 24 HB0100 PN3430 immediately Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Stabilization Act--enactment 016 Mar 24 HB0349 PN1573 60 days Urban Redevelopment Law--further defining ''city'' 017 Mar 24 HB2004 PN3308 immediately* Compact relating to Pymatuning Lake--operation of motor boats 018 Mar 24 HB1236 PN1520 60 days Second Class Township Code, The--shade tree commission members 019 Mar 24 HB1235 PN1519 60 days First Class Township Code, The--shade tree commission members 020 Mar 24 HB0514 PN1792 immediately Game Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--offensive littering 021 Mar 24 HB1423 PN3386 60 days Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)--volunteer relinquishment to adults intending to adopt, for alternative procedure, for reports of intention and for consent * 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. 04-590. Filed for public inspection April 9, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
