Recent Actions During the 1997 Regular Session of the General Assembly [27 Pa.B. 2412] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1997 Regular Session.
1997 ACTS--Acts 3 through 6 (numerical) Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1997-3 April 17 HB67 PN1531 Immediately* Transportation (74 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--omnibus amendments 1997-4 April 22 SB168 PN388 Immediately Third Class County Assessment Board Law--omnibus amendments 1997-5 April 22 HB149 PN1340 Immediately* Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--firearms and expungement of arrest records relating to sexual offenses 1997-6 April 25 HB12 PN168 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--sentencing for murder of first degree * with exceptions 1997 APPROPRIATIONS--Acts 1A through 3A (numerical) Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 1997-1A April 25 HB850 PN952 July 1, 1997 Office of Small Business Advocate--operation 1997-2A April 25 HB853 PN955 July 1, 1997 Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs--operation 1997-3A April 25 HB855 PN957 July 1, 1997 Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development--workers' compensation and occupational disease 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, telephone (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, telephone (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-755. Filed for public inspection May 16, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]
