Recent Actions during the 2006 Regular Session of the General Assembly [36 Pa.B. 3644]
[Saturday, July 15, 2006]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2006 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2006 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED--ACT 063 through 065
063 Jun 30 SB1150 PN1835 60 days Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)--offense of demonstrating at commemorative service and commemorative service demonstration action 064 Jun 30 HB2542 PN4003 Immediately Commercial Code (13 Pa.C.S.)--effectiveness of actions related to secured transactions and continued effectiveness of financing statements 065 Jul 2 HB0153 PN4212 Immediately Organ and Bone Marrow Donor Act--enactment 2006 APPROPRIATION ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED--ACT 2A through 9A
2A Jul 2 HB2499 PN4513 Immediately* General Appropriation Act of 2006--enactment 3A Jul 2 SB1159 PN1608 Immediately Office of Consumer Advocate--operation 4A Jul 2 SB1160 PN1599 Immediately Office of Small Business Advocate--operation 5A Jul 2 SB1161 PN1600 Immediately Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development--workers' compensation, occupational diseases and Office of Small Business Advocate 6A Jul 2 SB1162 PN1601 Immediately Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission--operation 7A Jul 2 SB1163 PN1602 Immediately Bureau of Professional and Occupa- tional Affairs--operation of professional licensure boards 8A Jul 2 SB1164 PN1603 Immediately Public School Employees' Retirement Board--administrative expenses, etc. 9A Jul 2 SB1165 PN1604 Immediately State Employees' Retirement Board--administrative expenses, etc. *denotes an effective date 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 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, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120, 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. 06-1308. Filed for public inspection July 14, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
