Recent Actions during the 2016 Regular Session of the General Assembly [46 Pa.B. 2405]
[Saturday, May 14, 2016]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2016 Regular Session:
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2016 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 012 through 025
012 Apr 14 HB1326 PN2396 60 days Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.)—valuation of acquired water and wastewater systems for ratemaking purposes 013 Apr 14 HB1638 PN3002 60 days Motor Vehicle Physical Damage Appraiser Act—compliance with act 014 Apr 14 SB0526 PN1628 60 days Second Class Township Code—completion, filing and publication of annual township report and financial statement 015 Apr 14 SB0644 PN1089 60 days State Government Code (71 Pa.C.S.)—definitions, duties of office and access to information 016 Apr 17 SB0003 PN1690 30 days Medical Marijuana Act—enactment 017 Apr 18 SB0879 PN1618 Immediately Pennsylvania ABLE Act—enactment 018 Apr 20 HB0794 PN3162 Immediately County Code—omnibus amendments 019 Apr 20 HB1278 PN1836 60 days Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—television equipment 020 Apr 20 HB1329 PN2973 12 months Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act—enactment 021 Apr 20 HB1340 PN1822 60 days Real and Personal Property Code (68 Pa.C.S.)—creation, alteration, termination and management for condominiums and planned communities 022 Apr 20 SB1022 PN1306 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, for permanent sanitary sewer easement and temporary construction easement 023 Apr 20 SB1068 PN1405 Immediately Project 70 lands—release of restrictions in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County 024 Apr 21 HB0012 PN2472 60 days Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)—grounds for divorce, counseling and decree of court 025 Apr 25 HB1589 PN3178 Immediately Fiscal Code—omnibus amendments * 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 $25.
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 $25, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
VINCENT C. DeLIBERATO, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-810. Filed for public inspection May 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
