Recent Actions During the 1998 Regular Session of the General Assembly [28 Pa.B. 1832] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1998 Regular Session.
1998 ACTS--Acts 41 through 44 (numerical) Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1998-41 April 2 HB162 PN3299 Immediately Education (24 PA.C.S.) and State Government (71 Pa.C.S.)--early retirement eligibility and standards of compensation for employees of Public School and State Employees' retirement boards 1998-42 April 3 HB1828 PN2300 Immediately Repeal--obsolete law pertaining to county prisons, the Foster Home Association, rent of wharves and docks in port of Philadelphia and service of process on foreign insurance companies 1998-43 April 6 SB1204 PN1790 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Bucks and Somerset counties 1998-44 April 6 HB961 PN3204 60 days Third Class City Code--school crossing guards and sale procedure 1998 APPROPRIATIONS--Acts 1A through 5A (numerical) 1998-01A April 6 HB2357 PN3080 July 1, 1998 Office of Small Business Advocate--operation 1998-02A April 6 HB2362 PN3085 July 1, 1998 State Employees' Retirement Board--administrative expenses, etc. 1998-03A April 6 HB2363 PN3086 July 1, 1998 Public School Employees' Retirement Board--administrative expenses, etc. 1998-04A April 6 HB2364 PN3087 July 1, 1998 Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs--operation 1998-05A April 6 HB2365 PN3088 July 1, 1998 Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development--workers' compensation, occupational diseases and administrative expenses, etc. *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.''
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, (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, (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-590. Filed for public inspection April 17, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
