Recent Actions during the 2010 Regular Session of the General Assembly [40 Pa.B. 3324]
[Saturday, June 19, 2010]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2010 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2010 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 029 through 031
029 Jun 1 HB1041 PN3564 60 days* Pharmacy Act—refusal to grant revocation and suspension, drug therapy protocols, collaborative drug therapy management and for construction of act 030 Jun 3 SB0383 PN1954 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—organization and jurisdiction of courts of common pleas and authorizing establishment of problem-solving courts 031 Jun 3 SB0828 PN1924 60 days Public Eating and Drinking Place Law—providing for definitions and applicability 2010 VETOES OF REGULAR SESSION OF BILLS—VETO 001
001 May 14 SB0081 PN1862 60 days Liquor Code—omnibus amendments * 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 17120-0053, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $25, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1110. Filed for public inspection June 18, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
