Recent Actions during the 2003 Regular Session of the General Assembly [33 Pa.B. 3304] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2003 Regular Session.
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No.Date of
ActionBill
NumberPrinter's Number Effective
DateSubject Matter 2003 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 007 through 008
007 Jun 30 HB1406 PN2218 immediately Medicare Hospital Service Payment Designation Act--enactment 008 Jun 30 HB1105 PN2167 immediately* Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)--composition and expiration of Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Commission and administration of Pennsylvania Veterans' Memorial Trust Fund 2003 APPROPRIATION ACTS ENACTED--ACT 002A through 007A
002A Jun 30 SB0630 PN0668 immediately Public School Employees' Retirement Board--Administrative expenses, etc. 003A Jun 30 SB0631 PN0669 immediately Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs--operation of professional licensure boards 004A Jun 30 SB0632 PN0670 immediately Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development--workers' compensation, occupational diseases and Office of Small Business Advocate 005A Jun 30 SB0633 PN0671 immediately Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission--operation 006A Jun 30 SB0634 PN0672 immediately Office of Consumer Advocate--operation 007A Jun 30 SB0635 PN0673 immediately Office of Small Business Advocate--operation 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--PHMC, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $20, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-1342. Filed for public inspection July 11, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]
