Recent Actions during 2013 Regular Session of the General Assembly [43 Pa.B. 4581]
[Saturday, August 10, 2013]The following is a summary of recent actions of the General Assembly during 2013 Regular Session
Doc. Date of Bill Printer's Effective Subject Matter No. Action Number Number Date 2013 General Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 013 through 072
013 Jun 17 HB0818 PN0928 60 days Insurance (40 Pa.C.S.)—compliance with Federal health care legislation 014 Jun 18 HB0492 PN1424 Sept 1, 2013 Crime Victims Act—petitions to deny parole upon expiration of minimum sentence 015 Jun 19 HB0040 PN0538 60 days CPA Law—certificate requirements, equiv- alency practice for individuals and equivalency practice for firms and entities 016 Jun 19 SB0196 PN0716 Immediately Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority Act—definitions, financial assistance and annual report 017 Jun 19 SB0334 PN1143 Immediately Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 018 Jun 19 SB0679 PN0654 Immediately Lieutenant Colonel B.D. ''Buzz'' Wagner Memorial Highway—designation 019 Jun 24 HB0084 PN0062 Immediately Agricultural Area Security Law—purchase of agricultural conservation easements and abrogating regulations 020 Jun 24 HB0293 PN1730 60 days Specialist Kenneth Wayne Lampman, Sr., Memorial Bridge, Specialist Gerald Duane Stonemetz Memorial Bridge, Specialist Clark Robert Douglas Memorial Bridge and Private First Class Berwyn Gaylord Cole Memorial Bridge—designations 021 Jun 24 HB0987 PN1151 Immediately George E. Logue, Sr., Memorial Bridge—designation 022 Jun 24 SB0194 PN0135 Immediately Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare) Act—repealing provisions relating to reports to commissioner and claims information 023 Jun 24 SB0371 PN0427 Immediately* Savings Association Code of 1967—repealed 024 Jun 24 SB0419 PN1158 Jan 1, 2014 Extending the date for validation of certain conveyances and other instruments 025 Jun 24 SB0644 PN1173 60 days Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.) and Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)—swine hunting preserves and further providing for the definition of ''wild animals'' 026 Jun 24 SB0865 PN0976 60 days The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act—penalties involving liquefied ammonia gas, precursors and chemicals 027 Jun 27 HB0326 PN1130 Immediately County Code—governing board of the convention center authority 028 Jun 27 HB0571 PN0633 60 days SFC Sidney N. Hamer Memorial Bridge—designation 029 Jun 27 HB0891 PN1945 60 days Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.)—violations 030 Jun 27 SB0381 PN0314 July 1, 2013 Uniform Commercial Code (13 Pa.C.S.), Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) and Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 031 Jun 27 SB0526 PN1156 Immediately Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.)—definitions and sanitation standards 032 Jul 1 SB0797 PN1148 Immediately* Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.)—calculation of military members' Public School Employees Retirement System benefits 033 Jul 1 SB0798 PN0818 Immediately* Public School Code of 1949—rights preserved during leave of absence 034 Jul 2 HB0026 PN1944 Immediately Unemployment Compensation Law—contributions by employees, Service and Infrastructure Improvement Fund and Unemployment Compensation Fund 035 Jul 2 HB0513 PN2169 60 days Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.)—payments to family and funeral directors, settlement of small estates on petition and estates not exceeding $25,000 036 Jul 2 HB0515 PN1946 60 days Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code—definitions and mailed notice in certain proceedings 037 Jul 2 HB1122 PN2085 Immediately Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.)—declarant's obligation to complete and restore, contents of declaration for all planned communities, contents of declaration for flexible planned communities and amendment of declaration 038 Jul 2 HB1124 PN2061 60 days Banks and Banking (7 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 039 Jul 2 HB1172 PN1606 Immediately Local Tax Enabling Act—limitations on rates of specific taxes 040 Jul 2 HB1217 PN1580 Immediately Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act—schedules of controlled substances 041 Jul 2 HB1325 PN1706 Immediately Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act—definitions, official plans and permits 042 Jul 2 SB0492 PN0456 60 days Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law—allocated money 043 Jul 2 SB0579 PN1193 60 days Administrative Code of 1929—Pennsylvania State Police and repealing an act re- lating to limitation on complement of the Pennsylvania State Police 044 Jul 2 SB0583 PN1174 Immediately Economic Development Financing Law—competition in award of contracts 045 Jul 2 SB0586 PN1282 60 days Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.)—right to dispose of a decedent's remains 046 Jul 2 SB0914 PN1289 Immediately Insurance Regulation and Oversight Fund Act—enactment 047 Jul 2 SB0963 PN1107 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County 048 Jul 2 SB0964 PN1108 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in East Hanover Township, Lebanon County 049 Jul 9 HB0022 PN0115 60 days Uniform Commercial Code (13 Pa.C.S.)—exclusion of consumer transactions governed by Federal law 050 Jul 9 HB0082 PN2154 60 days Costs of Care of Seized Animals Act—enactment 051 Jul 9 HB0163 PN2175 60 days County Code—how offices to be held 052 Jul 9 HB0465 PN2211 Immediately* Tax Reform Code of 1971—omnibus amendments 053 Jul 9 HB0602 PN2020 270 days Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act—prohibited acts and penalties and ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and electronic tracking 054 Jul 9 HB0784 PN2158 Immediately Development Permit Extension Act—enactment 055 Jul 9 HB1075 PN2203 Immediately* Public Welfare Code—omnibus amendments 056 Jul 9 HB1112 PN2157 Immediately Conveyances—Commonwealth property in multiple counties 057 Jul 9 HB1119 PN1356 Immediately Conveyance—Commonwealth property in West Chester Borough, Chester County 058 Jul 9 HB1121 PN1370 60 days Sheriffs Forrest B. Sebring and Todd A. Martin Bridge—designation 059 Jul 9 HB1141 PN2200 Immediately* Public School Code of 1949—omnibus amendments 060 Jul 9 HB1190 PN2090 180 days Health Care Facilities Act—omnibus amendments 061 Jul 9 HB1359 PN1754 60 days Commonwealth—owned lands, annual charge for tax—exempt lands 062 Jul 9 HB1478 PN2118 Immediately Conveyances—Commonwealth property in multiple counties 063 Jul 9 HB1482 PN2153 Immediately* Conveyances—Commonwealth property in multiple counties 064 Jul 9 HB1490 PN2138 Immediately General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 065 Jul 9 SB0155 PN1211 Immediately* Rabies Prevention and Control in Domestic Animals and Wildlife Act—omnibus amendments 066 Jul 9 SB0259 PN1290 60 days Oil and Gas Lease Act—payment information to interest owners for accumulation of proceeds from production, apportionment and conflicts 067 Jul 9 SB0304 PN1210 Immediately* Associations Code (15 Pa.C.S.) and Names (54 Pa.C.S.)—omnibus amendments 068 Jul 9 SB0351 PN1222 60 days General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.)—purposes and powers of municipal authorities 069 Jul 9 SB1002 PN1178 Immediately Capital Budget Act of 2013-2014—enactment 070 Jul 18 SB0010 PN1322 Immediately Public School Code of 1949—Office for Safe Schools and allocation of certain appropriated funds 071 Jul 18 SB0591 PN1328 Immediately* Fiscal Code—omnibus amendments 072 Jul 18 SB0700 PN1320 Immediately Second Class County Port Authority Act—membership of the authority and Department of Transportation Regionalization and Privatization Study 2013 Appropriation Acts of Regular Session Enacted—Act 001A through 014A
001A Jun 30 HB1437 PN2198 Immediately* General Appropriations Act of 2013—enactment 002A Jul 9 HB1275 PN2155 Immediately Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs—support of professional licensure boards 003A Jul 9 HB1276 PN1639 Immediately Office of Small Business Advocate—operation 004A Jul 9 HB1277 PN1999 Immediately State Employees' Retirement Board—administrative expenses, etc. 005A Jul 9 HB1278 PN2000 Immediately Public School Employees' Retirement Board—administrative expenses, etc. 006A Jul 9 HB1279 PN2001 Immediately Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Community and Economic Development—expenses for Workers' Compensation Act, Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act and Office of Small Business Advocate 007A Jul 9 HB1280 PN1643 Immediately Office of Consumer Advocate—operation 008A Jul 9 HB1281 PN1644 Immediately Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission—operation 009A Jul 9 HB1282 PN1645 Immediately Gaming Control Appropriation Act of 2013—enactment 010A Jul 18 SB0725 PN1295 Immediately Pennsylvania State University—general support and Pennsylvania College of Technology 011A Jul 18 SB0726 PN1296 Immediately University of Pittsburgh—general support and rural education outreach 012A Jul 18 SB0727 PN0748 Immediately Temple University—general support 013A Jul 18 SB0728 PN1297 Immediately Lincoln University—general support 014A Jul 18 SB0729 PN1298 Immediately University of Pennsylvania—veterinary activities and Center for Infectious Diseases 2013 Joint Resolutions of Regular Session Passed—JR 002
002 Jun 27 SB0004 PN0347 Constitution of Pennsylvania—criteria for institutions of purely public charity * 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 $20.
VINCENT C. DELIBERATO,
Acting Director
Legislative Reference Bureau[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-1472. Filed for public inspection August 9, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]
