619 Recent actions during the 1996 regular and special sessions of the General Assembly

Recent Actions During the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly

[26 Pa.B. 1805]

   The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1995 Regular and Special Sessions.

1996 ACTS--Acts 18 through 26 (numerical)

Act No.	Enactment Date	Bill No.	Printer's No.	Effective Date	Subject Matter
1996-18	Apr. 4	SB140	PN1804	60 days	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--penalties for accidents involving death or personal injury
1996-19	Apr. 4	SB944	PN1820	Immediately	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments
1996-20	Apr. 4	SB432	PN1843	Immediately*	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments
1996-21	Apr. 4	HB2033	PN2752	Immediately	Project 70 lands--sale of Clinton County lands
1996-22	Apr. 4	HB270	PN1951	60 days	Military Affairs (51 Pa.C.S.)--furnishing certified copies of documents without charge to armed forces reserves and National Guard
1996-23	Apr. 4	HB47	PN1649	60 days	State Fire Marshal Law--gasoline dispensing nozzles at self-service stations
1996-24	Apr. 4	HB1100	PN2628	Immediately	Unfair Insurance Practices Act--unfair competition and practices and definitions
1996-25	Apr. 4	HB1897	PN2336	30 days	Normandy Memorial Drive--designation
1996-26	Apr. 4	HB2004	PN2485	Immediately	William B. Wilson Highway--designation

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, telephone [phone].

   Copies of House Bills and Documents may be obtained from: Document Room, House of Representatives, 35 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, telephone [phone].

CARL MEASE,   
Acting Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-619. Filed for public inspection April 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]