Recent Actions During the 1998 Regular Session of the General Assembly [28 Pa.B. 2577] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 1998 Regular Session.
1998 ACTS--ACTS 57 through 62 (numerical) Act
No.Enact.
DateBill
No.Prntr's
No.Effective
DateSubject
Matter1998-57 May 15 SB5 PN1924 180 days 1998-58 May 15 SB682 PN1975 Immediately* Agricultural operations--public nuisances limitation and definition 1998-59 May 15 SB981 PN1615 Immediately Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)-- adjutant general powers and duties and Armory Board construction and repair contracts 1998-60 May 15 HB9 PN2510 Immediately Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Act--expiration date of law deleted 1998-61 May 15 HB2098 PN2747 Immediately Repeals--obsolete laws relating to constables fees 1998-62 May 15 HB2194 PN2890 Immediately Port of Philadelphia--pilotage rates and fees for certain services * 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 of 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, (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, (717) 787-5320.
CARL MEASE,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-883. Filed for public inspection June 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
