Recent Actions during the 2005 Regular Session of the General Assembly [35 Pa.B. 3896] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2005 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2005 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 006 through 009
006 Jun 30 HB0402 PN2067 60 days Michael A. Cannavino Way--designation 007 Jun 30 HB1110 PN1317 Immediately Ricky Hafer Highway and Aaron Rusin Boulevard--designations 008 Jun 30 HB1178 PN2132 120 days Repeal--act to incorporate the State police of Crawford and Erie counties. 009 Jun 30 HB1338 PN2275 Immediately Conveyance--Commonwealth property in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County * 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, 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 ZECH,
Director,
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-1319. Filed for public inspection July 15, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
