PRINTER'S NO.  1159

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

986

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, EICHELBERGER AND BLAKE, MAY 3, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MAY 3, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in codification and publication of

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documents, providing for electronic publication of municipal

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codes; and making an inconsistent repeal.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Chapter 7 of Title 45 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:

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SUBCHAPTER C

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ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION OF STATUTES

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Sec.

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741.  Electronic publication of municipal codes.

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§ 741.  Electronic publication of municipal codes.

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The Local Government Commission may publish, maintain and

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update electronic copies of the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932,

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No.317), known as The Third Class City Code, the act of June 24,

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1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code,

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the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second

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Class Township Code, the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323,  

 


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No.130), known as The County Code, and the act of February 1,

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1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, in

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addition to, or in lieu of, printed publication and distribution

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of the aforementioned codes and any temporary or permanent

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supplements or amendments thereto in accordance with the act of

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May 29, 1935 (P.L. 244, No. 102), referred to as the Local

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Government Commission Law. Municipal codes electronically

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published shall be available on an Internet website maintained

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by the Local Government Commission in a secure format accessible

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to the public and shall be updated within 60 days of the

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enactment of any amendment.

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Section 2.  Section 2.1 of the act of May 29, 1935 (P.L.244,

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No.102), referred to as the Local Government Commission Law, is

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repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with the addition of 45

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Pa.C.S. Ch.7 Subch. C.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect November 30, 2012.

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