929 Recent actions during the 2002 regular session of the General Assembly

Recent Actions during the 2002 Regular Session of the General Assembly

[32 Pa.B. 2581]

   The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2002 Regular Session.

Doc. No.	Date of Action	Bill Number	Printer's Number	Effective Date	Subject Matter
2002 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 040 through 043
040	Apr 30	HB2088	PN2773	60 days	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--causing or risking catastrophe
041	May 9	HB2305	PN3615	immediately	County Code, The--elected officers
042	May 9	SB0907	PN1907	immediately	Salem Boulevard, Patrick J. Stapleton Memorial Highway, Veterans Highway, Quehanna Highway, Governor George M. Leader Bridge and Cigna's Way--designations
043	May 9	HB0411	PN3792	immediately*	Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code--omnibus amendments

* 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.''

CARL L. MEASE,   
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-929. Filed for public inspection May 24, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]