Recent Actions During the 2000 Regular Session of the General Assembly [30 Pa.B. 2572] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2000 Regular Session.
2000 ACTS--ACTS 10 through 18 (numerical) Act Enactment Bill Printer's Effective Subject No. Date No. No. Date Matter 2000-10 May 10 HB1717 PN3220 Immediately Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)--protective orders and approved consent agreements duration 2000-11 May 10 SB1184 PN1640 July 1, 2000 Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)--educational assistance eligibility and grants amounts 2000-12 May 10 SB1047 PN1858 Immediately Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--institutional sexual assault 2000-13 May 10 SB977 PN1133 Immediately Project 70 lands--Commonwealth property in Luzerne County 2000-14 May 10 SB383 PN392 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.)--sexual exploitation of children 2000-15 May 10 HB164 PN152 60 days Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law--administrative expenses 2000-16 May 10 SB652 PN1922 July 1, 2000 Public School Code of 1949--Education empowerment, school subsidies, special education payments, report guidelines, etc. 2000-17 May 10 SB544 PN562 60 days Constitution Bridge--designation 2000-18 May 10 SB380 PN1895 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--juvenile matters guardians ad litem, counsel and adjudications and sexual offenders registration 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. 00-873. Filed for public inspection May 26, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
