Recent Actions during the 2004 Regular Session of the General Assembly [34 Pa.B. 3674] The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2004 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2004 GENERAL ACTS ENACTED--ACT 052 through 072
052 Jul 2 HB1488 PN1878 immediately Repeal--law pertaining to salaries and compensation of officers, clerks and employees in office of recorder of deeds in certain counties 053 Jul 2 HB2042 PN4058 60 days Game Code (34 Pa.C.S.)--wild turkey hunting 054 Jul 2 SB0319 PN1030 immediately* Interstate Compact for Juveniles Act--enactment 055 Jul 2 SB0751 PN1432 60 days Medical Practice Act of 1985--respiratory care practitioners and continuing respiratory care education 056 Jul 2 SB0752 PN1545 60 days Osteopathic Medical Practice Act--licensing of physician assistants, respiratory care permits and continuing education 057 Jul 2 HB0445 PN4198 60 days Sign Language Interpreter and Transliterator State Registration Act--enactment 058 Jul 2 HB0550 PN4101 immediately Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)--standing and parking prohibitions 059 Jul 2 HB1937 PN2533 immediately Edward A. Silk Memorial Bridge--designation 060 Jul 2 HB2268 PN3119 immediately Repeals--laws pertaining to permanent centennial exposition building in Philadelphia 061 Jul 2 HB2378 PN3356 60 days Jack E. Kuhn Memorial Highway--designation 062 Jul 2 HB2649 PN3944 60 days Dr. Charles F. Taylor Memorial Highway and The Last Raft Memorial Bridge--designations 063 Jul 4 SB0200 PN1765 immediately Education (24 Pa.C.S.)--termination of annuities 064 Jul 4 HB1965 PN2564 immediately Repeal--law pertaining to Pennsylvania Post-War Planning Commission 065 Jul 4 HB2081 PN3424 60 days Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)--early termination of housing rental agreement by military personnel and penalties 066 Jul 4 HB2512 PN4229 immediately Milk Producers' Security Act--passage of title to milk, security bonds, new licenses, trusteeship, prohibitions and violations, etc. 067 Jul 4 HB2472 PN4320 immediately Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act--borrowing limitations, bond terms and conditions, Capital Debt Fund, etc. 068 Jul 4 HB2726 PN4321 immediately Library Code--fiscal year waiver of standards and State aid for 2004-2005 069 Jul 4 HB1039 PN4230 immediately Public Welfare Code--Medicaid, managed care organization assessments and intermediate care facilities for mentally retarded persons assessments 070 Jul 4 HB0564 PN4325 immediately* Public School Code of 1949--background checks of prospective employees, reports to Secretary of Education, withholding of State appropriations, Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Committee, etc. 071 Jul 5 HB2330 PN4272 immediately Amusements (4 Pa.C.S.)--Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act 072 Jul 5 SB0100 PN1789 60 days Homeowner Tax Relief Act--enactment 2004 APPROPRIATION ACTS ENACTED--ACT 001A through 008A
001A Jul 2 HB2522 PN3665 immediately Office of Consumer Advocate--operation 002A Jul 2 HB2523 PN3666 immediately Office of Small Business Advocate--operation 003A Jul 2 HB2524 PN4196 immediately State Employees' Retirement Board--expenses and payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at end of fiscal year ending June 30, 2004 004A Jul 2 HB2525 PN3668 immediately Public School Employees' Retirement Board--expenses and payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at end of fiscal year ending June 30, 2004 005A Jul 2 HB2526 PN3669 immediately Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs--support of professional licensure boards 006A Jul 2 HB2527 PN4197 immediately Department of Labor and Industry--administrative expenses and operation of Office of Small Business Advocate 007A Jul 4 HB2579 PN4326 immediately General Appropriation Act of 2004--enactment 008A Jul 4 HB2521 PN4192 immediately Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission--operation * 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, 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.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-1267. Filed for public inspection July 16, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
