PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 665 PRINTER'S NO. 3133
No. 596 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. A. K. HUTCHINSON, FRYER, MEBUS, RUGGIERO,
KOWALYSHYN, PETRARCA, LEVI, WEIDNER, SHUMAN, MORRIS, GRING,
BURNS, W. D. HUTCHINSON, A. C. FOSTER JR., NOYE, GARZIA,
O'KEEFE, GALLEN, ARTHURS AND ECKENSBERGER, FEBRUARY 26, 1975
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 10, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 29, 1935 (P.L.244, No.102), entitled "An
2 act creating a Local Government Commission to study and
3 report on functions of local government; their allocation and
4 elimination; the cost of local government and means of
5 reducing it; and the consolidation of local government; and
6 making an appropriation," providing for the publishing and
7 distribution of certain codes.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. The act of May 29, 1935 (P.L.244, No.102),
11 entitled "An act creating a Local Government Commission to study
12 and report on functions of local government; their allocation
13 and elimination; the cost of local government and means of
14 reducing it; and the consolidation of local government; and
15 making an appropriation," is amended by adding sections to read:
16 Section 2.1. (a) It shall be the duty of the commission to
17 arrange for the compilation and distribution of The County Code,
18 The Third Class City Code, The Borough Code, The First Class
19 Township Code, The Second Class Township Code, a uniform
1 procedural code relating to all classes of local government and
2 all temporary or permanent supplements or amendments to the
3 aforementioned codes.
4 (b) The commission shall promulgate regulations relating to
5 the distribution of the aforementioned codes without reference
6 to the restrictions placed upon or fixed for the distribution of
7 other publications of the Commonwealth. The regulations shall
8 provide for free distribution upon request, of at least one copy
9 of every publication printed under authority of this act to
10 each:
11 1. Political subdivision governed by such code;
12 2. County for use of its Law Library;
13 3. Member of the General Assembly;
14 4. Law School Library which pursuant to rules of court
15 receives copies of printed briefs and records filed in the
16 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania;
17 5. State Law Library of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
18 (C) UPON REQUEST BY A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, COPIES <--
19 OF THOSE PUBLICATIONS REFERRED TO IN SECTION 2.1 WILL BE
20 DISTRIBUTED TO THE INDICATED PARTIES EITHER THROUGH THE MEMBER'S
21 OFFICE OR THROUGH THE COMMISSION AS INDICATED BY THE MEMBER.
22 Section 2.2. The Department of General Services shall be
23 responsible for the printing of the codes and the temporary and
24 permanent supplements thereto.
25 The codes and temporary and permanent supplements or
26 amendments shall be printed in loose-leaf form so that the pages
27 may be inserted in a ring binder book.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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