Section 9.11. General requirements

(a) General.—The Constitution (art. III, sec. 7) and 1 Pa.C.S. § 1102 (relating to publication of notice of application for local and special legislation) provide that no local or special bill shall be passed unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the locality where the matter or the thing to be effected may be situated at least 30 days prior to the introduction into the General Assembly of such bill and until evidence of such notice having been published is exhibited in the General Assembly.

(b) Repeal bills.—The provisions of subsection (a) apply to bills repealing a local or special statute except by a general bill which codifies, compiles or revises the law or any part thereof.