Recent Actions during the 2010 Regular Session of the General Assembly [40 Pa.B. 4245]
[Saturday, July 31, 2010]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during the 2010 Regular Session.
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2010 GENERAL ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 037 through 059
037 Jun 29 HB0009 PN3939 Immediately Pennsylvania Conservation Corps—extended expiration date 038 Jul 2 HB0666 PN3940 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in the 39th ward of the City of Philadelphia 039 Jul 2 HB0687 PN3902 60 days Procurement (62 Pa.C.S.)—guaranteed energy savings contracts, contracting procedures and contract provisions 040 Jul 2 HB2253 PN3630 60 days Sgt. Brett D. Swank Memorial Highway— designation 041 Jul 2 SB0174 PN1950 Immediately Workforce Development Act—Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board membership and Pennsylvania Center for Health Careers established 042 Jul 2 SB0492 PN1308 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in the City of Corry, Erie County 043 Jul 2 SB0904 PN2029 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in West Bradford Township, Chester County and to Waynesburg University in Waynes- burg Borough, Greene County 044 Jul 2 SB0928 PN1923 Immediately Protecting Pennsylvania's Investments Act—enactment 045 Jul 2 SB1074 PN1776 60 days Prisons and Parole (61 Pa.C.S.)—State and county recording systems for application of restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees and incarceration of pregnant women 046 Jul 6 SB1042 PN2141 Immediately Fiscal code—omnibus amendments 047 Jul 7 HB2289 PN4092 Immediately Capital Budget and Project Itemization Act of 2010-2011—enactment 048 Jul 7 HB2290 PN4090 Immediately Capital Facilities Debt Enabling Act—appropriation for and limitation on redevelopment assistance capital projects 049 Jul 9 HB0254 PN4076 Immediately Public Welfare Code—Department of Public Welfare powers, determining whether applicants are veterans, medical assistance payments for institutional care and Statewide quality care assessment 050 Jul 9 HB1186 PN4094 Immediately* Administrative Code of 1929—omnibus amendments 051 Jul 9 HB1251 PN3869 Immediately* Insurance Company Law of 1921—omnibus amendments 052 Jul 9 HB1300 PN2702 60 days Nathan Burnfield Memorial Interchange and Veterans Memorial Gay Street Bridge—designations 053 Jul 9 HB1332 PN4049 60 days Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—confidential communications to critical incident stress management team member by law enforcement officers, public safety responders and corrections officers and to peer support member by law enforcement officers 054 Jul 9 HB1859 PN4056 60 days Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 055 Jul 9 HB1890 PN3954 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in Benner Township, Centre County to the Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and Pennsylvania Game Commission 056 Jul 9 HB2493 PN4093 Immediately Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law—implementation provisions for Deferred Retirement Option Plans, tax qualified status of Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System and solicitation of political contributions 057 Jul 9 SB0087 PN1943 Immediately Expanded applicability of residency status of active duty personnel and their dependents 058 Jul 9 SB0747 PN1897 60 days Sale of Transportation Lands Act—enactment 059 Jul 9 SB1044 PN1618 Immediately Prisons and Parole (61 Pa.C.S.)—drug redistribution within correctional facilities 2010 APPROPRIATION ACTS OF REGULAR SESSION ENACTED—ACT 001A through 014A
001A Jul 6 HB2279 PN4032 Immediately* General Appropriation Act of 2010—enactment 002A Jul 6 HB2280 PN3260 Immediately* Office of Small Business Advocate—operation 003A Jul 6 HB2281 PN3261 Immediately* Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs—operation 004A Jul 6 HB2282 PN3262 Immediately* Office of Consumer Advocate—operation 005A Jul 6 HB2283 PN3263 Immediately* Public School Employees' Retirement Board—administrative expenses, etc. 006A Jul 6 HB2284 PN3264 Immediately* State Employees' Retirement Board—administrative expenses, etc. 007A Jul 6 HB2285 PN4033 Immediately* Gaming Control Appropriation Act of 2010—enactment 008A Jul 6 HB2286 PN3265 Immediately* Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development—workers' compensation 009A Jul 6 HB2287 PN3266 Immediately* Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission— operation 010A Jul 6 HB2292 PN3268 Immediately* Pennsylvania State University—education and general expenses, agricultural research and extension services, Pennsylvania College of Technology and debt service 011A Jul 6 HB2293 PN3269 Immediately* University of Pittsburgh—appropriations and basis for payments, accounting methods for funds appropriated and certain fiscal information disclosure 012A Jul 6 HB2294 PN3270 Immediately* Temple University—appropriations and basis for payments, accounting methods for funds appropriated and certain fiscal information disclosure 013A Jul 6 HB2295 PN3271 Immediately* Lincoln University—appropriations and basis for payments, accounting methods for funds appropriated and certain fiscal information disclosure 014A Jul 6 HB2296 PN4034 Immediately* University of Pennsylvania—veterinary activities, Center for Infectious Diseases and appropriations and basis for payments, accounting methods for funds appropriated and certain fiscal information disclosure * denotes an effective date with exceptions
Effective Dates of Statutes The effective dates specified previously 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 (Department) 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 $25.
Requests for annual subscriptions for advance copies of statutes should be sent to the State Bookstore, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053, accompanied by a check or money order in the sum of $25, payable to the ''Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
ROBERT W. ZECH, Jr.,
Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1383. Filed for public inspection July 30, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
