PRINTER'S NO. 761
No. 674 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY REED, BOYD, BAKER, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, COX,
CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
GRELL, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER,
MILLARD, MOYER, PEIFER, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, RAPP, REICHLEY,
ROHRER, S. H. SMITH, SONNEY, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SWANGER AND
YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 9, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MARCH 9, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), entitled
2 "An act relating to Commonwealth documents; providing for the
3 printing and distribution of administrative regulations;
4 regulating the adoption, publication, codification and
5 effectiveness of regulations, statements of policy, and
6 certain other Commonwealth documents; creating the Joint
7 Committee on Documents and prescribing its powers and duties;
8 providing penalties, and making appropriations and repeals,"
9 further defining "administrative regulation" in relation to
10 the Department of Environmental Protection.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 102(2) of the act of July 31, 1968
14 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents
15 Law, is amended to read:
16 Section 102. Definitions.--The following words and terms
17 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
18 indicates otherwise:
19 * * *
1 (2) "Administrative regulation" means any regulation except
2 a proclamation, executive order, executive directive or other
3 similar document promulgated by the Governor, and the term
4 includes a regulation which may be promulgated by an agency only
5 with the approval of the Governor. In relation to the Department
6 of Environmental Protection only, the term shall include any new
7 or modification to a regulation, manual, procedural manual,
8 guideline, enforcement guideline, policy, strategy document,
9 policy guidance manual or technical guidance manual or
10 administrative opinion or legal opinion regarding the
11 interpretation of a statute, court order or regulation used by
12 the Department of Environmental Protection to implement a
13 regulatory enforcement process.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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