Recent Actions during the 2006 Regular Session of the General Assembly [36 Pa.B. 2278] 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 030 through 033
030 May 1 HB1591 PN3761 60 days Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act--extending patient safety standards to certain abortion facilities 031 May 1 HB1618 PN3724 Immediately Public School Code of 1949--participation in high school graduation ceremonies by students with disabilities 032 May 1 SB0713 PN1736 60 days Telephone Subscriber Directory Express Consent Act--enactment 033 May 1 SB0925 PN1216 60 days Pennsylvania Cancer Control, Prevention and Research Act--expiration date extension *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. 06-832. Filed for public inspection May 12, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
