PRINTER'S NO. 4114
No. 356 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, MOEHLMANN, KOSINSKI, CALTAGIRONE, OLASZ,
ARTY, JOHNSON, LASHINGER, PISTELLA, BATTISTO, FOX, WOGAN AND
FATTAH, OCTOBER 7, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 7, 1986
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Leadership Committee, established pursuant to Act
2 1981-142, to oversee the codification of certain titles of
3 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
4 WHEREAS, A program of codification of the laws of the
5 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was begun by the General Assembly
6 with the act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), entitled
7 "An act codifying and compiling a part of the law of the
8 Commonwealth," which established the structure of the
9 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes; and
10 WHEREAS, After 16 years, only one-third of the subject titles
11 have been at least partially codified, and Pennsylvania remains
12 the only state with its laws largely uncodified; and
13 WHEREAS, While there are several titles of the Pennsylvania
14 Consolidated Statutes which have been enacted in whole or in
15 part and several other titles which are presently in bill form
16 before the General Assembly, there are certain other titles on
17 which little work or no work has been done, namely: Titles 3
18 (Agriculture), 4 (Amusements), 6 (Bailees and Factors), 7 (Banks
1 and Banking), 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns), 10
2 (Charities), 11 (Cities), 12 (Commerce and Trade), 14 (Community
3 Affairs), 16 (Counties), 27 (Environmental Resources), 28
4 (Escheats), 29 (Federal Relations), 31 (Food), 33 (Frauds,
5 Statute of), 36 (Highways and Bridges), 37 (Historical and
6 Museums), 38 (Holidays and Observances), 39 (Insolvency and
7 Assignments), 43 (Labor), 44 (Law and Justice), 46
8 (Legislature), 47 (Liquor), 48 (Lodging and Housing), 50 (Mental
9 Health), 52 (Mines and Mining), 57 (Notaries Public), 58 (Oil
10 and Gas), 60 (Peddlers), 61 (Penal and Correctional
11 Institutions), 63 (Professions and Occupations), 64 (Public
12 Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations), 65 (Public
13 Officers), 69 (Savings and Validating Provisions), 70
14 (Securities), 71 (State Government), 73 (Townships), 76
15 (Weights, Measures and Standards), 78 (Zoning and Planning) and
16 79 (Supplementary Provisions); and
17 WHEREAS, The codification of the laws of the Commonwealth of
18 Pennsylvania continues to be the policy and an important goal of
19 the General Assembly; therefore be it
20 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the Leadership
21 Committee, established pursuant to section 3 of the act of
22 December 22, 1981 (P.L.508, No.142), known as the Sunset Act,
23 oversee the codification of the above-named titles and the
24 codification of any other subjects the committee deems
25 appropriate; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, That such committee shall appoint a full-time
27 executive director and may employ such personnel as are
28 necessary to carry out the development of proposals which would
29 codify the above-named titles as law, when enacted pursuant to
30 the provisions of Article III of the Constitution of
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1 Pennsylvania, and that such committee be authorized to contract
2 for necessary services and obtain grants or accept services in
3 kind with no obligation to the Commonwealth; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the sum of $300,000, or as much thereof as may
5 be necessary, is hereby made available for the purposes of this
6 resolution and shall be paid in equal annual installments
7 equally from funds of the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the
8 Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That this committee coordinate and use the
10 technical resources of the Legislative Reference Bureau, the
11 Legislative Data Processing Center and the Joint State
12 Government Commission, and consult with experts in the subjects
13 to be codified, as may be appropriate, to carry out its
14 assignment; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That this committee provide the General Assembly
16 with these codifications within three years of the date of the
17 final adoption of this resolution.
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