PRINTER'S NO. 1059
No. 917 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY BERSON AND SCIRICA, APRIL 20, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 20, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the construction of
3 cross references in statutes.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 1, act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707,
7 No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is
8 amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1940. Cross references in statutes.
10 A reference in a statute to a major subdivision, section or
11 minor subdivision without expressly specifying the statute,
12 title, major subdivision, section or minor subdivision which
13 contains the provision to which reference is made, shall be
14 construed to be a reference to the major subdivision, section or
15 minor subdivision which is located within the statute, title,
16 major subdivision, section or minor subdivision in which the
17 reference appears. For example, a reference in this section to
18 "Subchapter C" shall be construed as a reference to Subchapter C
19 of Chapter 19 of Title 1.
1 Section 2. The Legislative Reference Bureau, in preparing
2 statutes for printing, may change the form of citation in bills
3 enacted into law prior or subsequent to the effective date of
4 this act, and in reenacting provisions of existing statutes for
5 purposes of amendment and in preparing an official publication
6 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, may change the form
7 of cross references in such statutes without the use of brackets
8 and underscoring by eliminating the terms "of this act," "of
9 this title," "of this section," and the like, which are no
10 longer necessary in light of the provisions of 1 Pa.C.S. § 1940
11 (relating to cross references in statutes).
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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