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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, LEACH, FONTANA, ORIE, ALLOWAY, PILEGGI, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, STACK, FOLMER, COSTA, SCARNATI, TOMLINSON, PIPPY, MENSCH, BROWNE, YAW, GORDNER, TARTAGLIONE, VOGEL, WARD, BRUBAKER, WAUGH AND FERLO, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the definition |
3 | of "publication," for general administration of part, for |
4 | distribution of publication expenses, for official |
5 | codification created and for required contractual |
6 | arrangements. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. The definition of "publication" in section 101(a) |
10 | of Title 45 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended |
11 | to read: |
12 | § 101. Definitions. |
13 | (a) Definitions applicable to printing or newspaper |
14 | advertising laws.--Subject to additional definitions contained |
15 | in subsequent provisions of this title which are applicable to |
16 | specific provisions of this title, the following words and |
17 | phrases when used in: |
18 | (1) this title; or |
19 | (2) any other law relating to printing or newspaper |
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1 | advertising; |
2 | shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the |
3 | meanings given to them in this subsection: |
4 | * * * |
5 | "Publication." |
6 | (1) The act of [printing] providing a notice, |
7 | advertisement, or proclamation, for the purpose of |
8 | disseminating information to the people at large. |
9 | (2) A journal, magazine, newspaper, class newspaper or |
10 | periodical. |
11 | * * * |
12 | Section 2. Sections 503, 505(a), 701 and 732(a) and (d) of |
13 | Title 45 are amended to read: |
14 | § 503. General administration of part. |
15 | Subject to the provisions of section 732 (relating to |
16 | required contractual arrangements), the manner in which the |
17 | code, the permanent supplements thereto[,] and the bulletin[,] |
18 | shall be [printed, reprinted, compiled, indexed, bound and |
19 | distributed] published, and all other matters with respect |
20 | thereto not otherwise provided for in this part, shall be |
21 | prescribed by regulations promulgated or orders adopted by the |
22 | joint committee. The joint committee shall administer this part |
23 | and Subchapter A of Chapter 3 of Title 2 (relating to |
24 | regulations of Commonwealth agencies) with a view toward |
25 | encouraging the widest possible dissemination of documents among |
26 | the persons affected thereby which is consistent with the due |
27 | administration of public affairs. |
28 | § 505. Distribution of publication expenses. |
29 | (a) General rule.--In order to reimburse the Legislative |
30 | Reference Bureau for the cost of administering this part and in |
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1 | order to reimburse the Department of General Services for the |
2 | expenses of the joint committee and for the costs incurred in |
3 | [printing and distributing] publishing the publications provided |
4 | for in Subchapter B of Chapter 7 (relating to publication of |
5 | documents) which are neither recovered by the sale of such |
6 | publications to an agency under section 729 (relating to |
7 | publication of individual documents) and section 731 (relating |
8 | to automatic subscriptions) or to the public under section 504 |
9 | (relating to payment for documents) nor paid by appropriations |
10 | made directly to the bureau or the department for the costs and |
11 | expenses of such administration[, printing] and [distribution] |
12 | publication, every government unit issuing, prescribing or |
13 | promulgating documents published by authority of this part shall |
14 | be billed at least quarterly by the bureau and the Department of |
15 | General Services, upon a cost basis, at such amounts as the |
16 | joint committee with the approval of the Executive Board shall |
17 | determine, for such costs and expenses. Amounts payable under |
18 | this section for reimbursing the bureau and the department for |
19 | the costs of administration and [printing and distribution] |
20 | publication shall be credited to the appropriations of the |
21 | bureau and the department respectively, and shall be paid out of |
22 | the moneys in the General Fund, special operating funds, or |
23 | other funds of the State Treasury currently appropriated to each |
24 | such issuing, prescribing or promulgating government unit. |
25 | * * * |
26 | § 701. Official codification created. |
27 | It shall be the duty of the Legislative Reference Bureau, |
28 | subject to the policy supervision and direction of the joint |
29 | committee, to [compile, edit and supplement] publish or to |
30 | contract through the department for the [compilation, editing |
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1 | and supplementation] publication of an official legal |
2 | codification, to be divided into titles of convenient size and |
3 | scope, and to be known as the "Pennsylvania Code." |
4 | § 732. Required contractual arrangements. |
5 | (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided by statute |
6 | finally enacted after July 1, 1969 applicable to public printing |
7 | and binding generally: |
8 | (1) the code; |
9 | (2) the permanent supplements thereto published pursuant |
10 | to section 726 (relating to permanent supplements to |
11 | Pennsylvania Code); |
12 | (3) pamphlet copies of regulations, statements of |
13 | policy, general rules and rules of court published pursuant |
14 | to section 729 (relating to publication of individual |
15 | documents); and |
16 | (4) the bulletin (unless the application of this section |
17 | to the bulletin is found to be impracticable by the joint |
18 | committee after notice in the bulletin and opportunity for |
19 | hearing) published pursuant to section 724 (relating to |
20 | preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin) and section |
21 | 725 (relating to additional contents of Pennsylvania |
22 | Bulletin); |
23 | shall be [printed or reproduced] published under contract with a |
24 | contractor unaffiliated with the Commonwealth. |
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26 | [(d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section the |
27 | terms "printed" or "reproduced" shall not include mimeographed, |
28 | multilithed or reproduced by any similar in-house process or |
29 | produced by computer.] |
30 | Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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