PRINTER'S NO. 948
No. 102 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY FUMO, COSTA, LOGAN, FERLO, BOSCOLA, TARTAGLIONE,
WASHINGTON, FONTANA, KASUNIC, MELLOW, O'PAKE, MUSTO, HUGHES,
STACK, C. WILLIAMS, STOUT, KITCHEN, LAVALLE, A. WILLIAMS,
WOZNIAK, DINNIMAN, ORIE, BROWNE, RHOADES, EARLL, GREENLEAF,
RAFFERTY, GORDNER AND EICHELBERGER, MAY 2, 2007
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MAY 2, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for a statutory database and
3 for legislative process.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 1 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
7 is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1107. Statutory database.
9 (a) Maintenance and availability.--
10 (1) The Executive Director of the Legislative Data
11 Processing Committee shall maintain a computerized statutory
12 database which contains statutory material under sections
13 1103 (relating to preparation of statutes for printing) and
14 1105 (relating to editing statutes for printing) with
15 appropriate engrossing of amendments by the Legislative
16 Reference Bureau.
17 (2) After the effective date of this subsection, changes
1 to the computerized statutory database must be approved by
2 the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
3 Senate, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives
4 and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
5 (3) Notwithstanding section 2(1.1) of the act of
6 December 10, 1968 (P.L.1158, No.365), entitled "An act
7 creating and establishing the Legislative Data Processing
8 Committee: providing for its membership; prescribing its
9 powers, functions and duties; and making an appropriation,"
10 the executive director shall provide for public access to the
11 computerized statutory database.
12 (b) Status.--
13 (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the statutory database
14 accessible to the public under subsection (a)(3) shall be the
15 official version of the statutory law of this Commonwealth
16 which is not contained under section 503 (relating to
17 official status of publication).
18 (2) If, as a result of reduction of the statutory
19 database to printed text, different versions of a statutory
20 provision which is not contained in section 503 are submitted
21 in a judicial proceeding in any jurisdiction or in an
22 administrative proceeding in any jurisdiction, the Director
23 of the Legislative Reference Bureau shall submit to the
24 tribunal a certified copy of the official provision, as
25 determined from the computerized statutory database under
26 subsection (a)(1) and (2).
27 Section 2. Title 1 is amended by adding a chapter to read:
28 CHAPTER 13
29 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
30 Sec.
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1 1301. (Reserved).
2 1302. (Reserved).
3 1303. (Reserved).
4 1304. (Reserved).
5 1305. (Reserved).
6 1306. Legislative journal and voting history.
7 1307. (Reserved).
8 § 1301. (Reserved).
9 § 1302. (Reserved).
10 § 1303. (Reserved).
11 § 1304. (Reserved).
12 § 1305. (Reserved).
13 § 1306. Legislative journal and voting history.
14 The legislative journal of each chamber shall be posted on
15 the Internet website maintained by the appropriate chamber
16 within 45 calendar days of each session day. The votes taken in
17 each chamber shall be posted on the Internet website of the
18 appropriate chamber, in a manner which clearly identifies the
19 subject of the vote and the identity of the legislator, within
20 24 hours of the vote. Votes taken in each committee of a chamber
21 shall be posted on the Internet website maintained by the
22 appropriate chamber, in a manner which clearly identifies the
23 subject of the vote and the identity of the legislator, within
24 48 hours of the vote.
25 § 1307. (Reserved).
26 Section 2. This act shall apply to sessions of the General
27 Assembly which begin after January 1, 2007.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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