Recent Actions during the 2006 Regular Session of the General Assembly [36 Pa.B. 1985] 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 022 through 028
022 Apr 12 HB0058 PN3760 Immediately Merchant Marine World War II Veterans Bonus Act--enactment 023 Apr 12 HB0200 PN3732 60 days Ounce of Prevention Program Act--enactment 024 Apr 12 HB2157 PN2980 Immediately Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) --certain duty for emergencies 025 Apr 12 HB2215 PN3089 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County 026 Apr 13 SB0969 PN1554 60 days Liquor Code--responsible alcohol remediation management for licensees and preservation of rights of municipalities 027 Apr 14 HB0213 PN3115 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--agricultural crop destruction and ecoterrorism 028 Apr 14 HB0893 PN3815 Immediately Water Services 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 ZECH,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-696. Filed for public inspection April 28, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
