Recent Actions During the 2014 Regular Session of the General Assembly [44 Pa.B. 3492]
[Saturday, June 14, 2014]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during 2014 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2014 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 041 through 050
041 May 6 HB1259 PN3199 60 days* Indoor Tanning Regulation Act—enactment 042 May 6 HB1513 PN2492 Immediately Local Tax Enabling Act—delegation of taxing powers and restrictions thereon 043 May 6 SB0894 PN1504 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—authorizing the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners to obtain criminal history record checks 044 May 14 SB0031 PN1849 Dec 31, 2014 Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 045 May 14 HB0434 PN3438 Immediately* Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 046 May 14 HB1164 PN1605 Immediately Higher Education Course Scheduling Preference for Veteran Students Act—enactment 047 May 14 HB1214 PN1528 60 days SFC William Boyle Memorial Bridge—designation 048 May 14 HB1431 PN2648 60 days Corporal Luke S. Runyan Memorial Bridge, Officer David D. Tome Memorial Circle, Specialist Cameron J. Stambaugh Memorial Bridge, Specialist Zachary R. Clouser Memorial Bridge and Sergeant Brett E. Walden Memorial Bridge—designations 049 May 14 HB2019 PN3004 60 days Freeport Veterans Bridge—designation 050 May 14 SB1037 PN1945 Immediately Air Pollution Control Act—powers and duties of Department of Environmental Protection * denotes an effective date with exceptions
Effective Dates of Statutes The effective dates specified previously 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 (Department) 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. 14-1239. Filed for public inspection June 13, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
