Recent Actions During the 1996 Regular and Special Sessions of the General Assembly [26 Pa.B. 2401] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1995 Regular and Special Sessions.
1996 ACTS--Acts 27 through 34 (numerical) Act Enactment No. Date Bill No. Printer's No. Effective Date Subject Matter 1996-27 Apr. 19 SB808 PN1802 60 days* Board of Vehicles Act--omnibus amendments 1996-28 May 6 HB2339 PN3346 Immediately Public School Code of 1949--weather emergency 1996 1996-29 May 10 SB1083 PN1766 Immediately Guaranteed Energy Savings Act--enactment 1996-30 May 10 HB166 PN140 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Wayne County 1996-31 May 10 HB2048 PN2547 60 days Alexander H. Linsay Highway--designation 1996-32 May 10 HB2066 PN3348 60 days Federal Bureau of Prisons--ceding of concurrent jurisdiction to the United States for land and facilities 1996-33 May 10 SB633 PN1913 Immediately Municipal Police Pension Law--omnibus amendments 1996-34 May 10 SB638 PN1862 60 days Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act--aboveground storage tank requirements and feasibility study * 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,
Acting Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-852. Filed for public inspection May 24, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
