AN ACT

 

1Amending Title 2 (Administrative Law and Procedure) of the
2Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in practice and procedure
3of Commonwealth agencies, further providing for the contents
4and service of adjudications.

5The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6hereby enacts as follows:

7Section 1.  Section 507 of Title 2 of the Pennsylvania
8Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

9§ 507.  Contents and service of adjudications.

10(a)  General rule.--All adjudications of a Commonwealth
11agency shall be in writing, shall contain findings and the
12reasons for the adjudication, and shall be served upon all
13parties or their counsel personally, or by mail.

14(b)  Effect of failed service.--Notwithstanding any other
15provision of law, if a party or the party's counsel was not
16served personally under subsection (a) and failed to meet the
17applicable deadline for appeal of the Commonwealth agency's
18adjudication, the party shall have the right to file an appeal
19within 30 days after the party discovers that the Commonwealth

1agency made the adjudication.

2Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.