Legislation Enacted

Acts on General Legislation approved In 1998

Act	Enact. Date	Bill	Subject
1	Jan 27	SB 382	Second Class County Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
2	Jan 27	SB 425	Athletics and Sports (5 Pa.C.S.) - athletic agents registration and penalty (effective 60 DAYS)
3	Jan 27	SB 641	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - juvenile law enforcement records and postconviction relief (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
4	Jan 29	SB 307	Labor-termination and discipline of employee for failure to report to work during state of emergency, prohibition (effective 60 DAYS)
5	Jan 29	SB 538	Real Estate Tax Sale Law - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
6	Jan 29	SB 631	Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law - attorney fees and sale of property in cities of first class (effective 60 DAYS)
7	Jan 29	HB 13	Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
8	Jan 29	HB 196	Recorder of Deeds Fee Law - County Records Improvement Fund (effective 60 DAYS)
9	Jan 29	HB 441	Military Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - absence without leave (effective 30 DAYS)
10	Jan 29	HB 1065	Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Act - Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Board, Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Account and training requirements (effective IMMEDIATELY)
11	Jan 29	HB 1345	Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
12	Jan 29	HB 1763	Repeals - obsolete law relating to vendors of mineral waters, etc. (effective IMMEDIATELY)
13	Jan 30	HB 1476	Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
14	Feb 11	SB 213	G. Donald McLaughlin Memorial Covered Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
15	Feb 11	HB 440	Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
16	Feb 11	HB 909	Donald L. Heiter and C. Vance DeiCas Memorial Highways, Technology Way and Louis R. Donahue, Castanea Firemen's and Mifflin County Veterans Memorial Bridges - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
17	Feb 12	HB 911	Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
18	Feb 13	HB 1760	Pennsylvania Election Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
19	Feb 18	SB 635	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
20	Feb 18	SB 1161	Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act - release of restrictions and conveyance (effective IMMEDIATELY)
21	Feb 18	SB 1209	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Chester County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
22	Feb 18	HB 14	Check Casher Licensing Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
23	Feb 18	HB 109	County Code, The - disaster or emergency aid to municipalities (effective 60 DAYS)
24	Feb 18	HB 595	Municipal Police Pension Law - early retirement (effective 60 DAYS)
25	Feb 18	HB 985	Liquor Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
26	Feb 18	HB 1048	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
27	Feb 18	HB 1111	General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - public records regulation (effective 60 DAYS)
28	Feb 18	HB 1113	Local Government - public records regulation (effective IMMEDIATELY)
29	Feb 18	HB 1114	County records committee - omnibus amendments (effective 6 MONTHS)
30	Feb 18	HB 1116	Local Government - public records regulation (effective APRIL 1, 1998)
31	Feb 18	HB 1291	Architects Licensure Law - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
32	Feb 18	HB 1495	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Venango and Lycoming counties and the city of Bethlehem (effective IMMEDIATELY)
33	Feb 18	HB 1764	Repeals - obsolete law relating to Harrisburg streets paving and curbing (effective IMMEDIATELY)
34	Mar 20	SB 492	Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
35	Mar 24	SB 769	Expedited Eviction of Drug Traffickers Act - name change and definition of court (effective IMMEDIATELY)
36	Mar 24	SB 1087	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - alimony, alimony pendente lite and contempt for violation of protection order or agreement (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
37	Mar 24	SB 1175	Real and Personal Property (68 Pa.C.S.) - planned communities (effective 60 DAYS)
38	Mar 24	HB 1189	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - invasion of privacy; penalty (effective 60 DAYS)
39	Mar 24	HB 1573	Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
40	Mar 24	HB 1757	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) solicitation of minors to traffic drugs (effective 60 DAYS)
41	Apr 2	HB 162	Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and State Government (71 Pa.C.S.) - early retirement eligibility and standards of compensation for employees of Public School and State Employees retirement boards (effective IMMEDIATELY)
42	Apr 3	HB 1828	Repeals - obsolete laws pertaining to county prisons, the Foster Home Association, rent of wharves and docks in port of Philadelphia and service of process on foreign insurance companies (effective IMMEDIATELY)
43	Apr 6	SB 1204	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Bucks and Somerset counties (effective IMMEDIATELY)
44	Apr 6	HB 961	Third Class City Code - school crossing guards and sale procedure (effective 60 DAYS)
45	Apr 23	HB 1766	Tax Reform Code of 1971 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
46	Apr 27	SB 494	Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
47	Apr 29	SB 506	Third Class City Code, The - delinquent local taxes defined (effective 60 DAYS)
48	Apr 29	SB 509	Third Class City Code, The - repeal of provisions relating to redemption of lands (effective 60 DAYS)
49	Apr 29	HB 1633	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans Affairs powers and duties and short title change (effective IMMEDIATELY)
50	May 5	SB 669	General Local Government Code (53 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
51	May 7	SB 429	Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972 - security commission salaries of commissioners and members (effective IMMEDIATELY)
52	May 7	SB 1310	Capital Budget Act of 1998-1999 - enactment (effective JULY 1, 1998)
53	May 7	HB 439	Fiscal Code, The - investment of Commonwealth moneys (effective IMMEDIATELY)
54	May 7	HB 964	Borough Code, The - associations and organizations for mayors, ward council members decrease in number and general powers (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
55	May 7	HB 1347	Legislative Data Processing Committee -membership, meetings, persons outside General Assembly access to computer information systems (effective IMMEDIATELY)
56	May 7	HB 1561	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S.) - veterans burial details, cooperative agreements, training areas and Fort Indiantown Gap operation (effective JULY 1, 1998)
57	May 15	SB 5	Procurement (62 Pa.C.S.) - enactment (effective 180 DAYS)
58	May 15	SB 682	Agricultural operations - public nuisances limitation and definition (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
59	May 15	SB 981	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S) - adjutant general powers and duties and Armory Board construction and repair contracts (effective IMMEDIATELY)
60	May 15	HB 9	Agriculture Education Loan Forgiveness Act - expiration date of law deleted (effective IMMEDIATELY)
61	May 15	HB 2098	Repeals - obsolete laws relating to constables fees (effective IMMEDIATELY)
62	May 15	HB 2194	Port of Philadelphia - pilotage rates and fees for certain services (effective IMMEDIATELY)
63	Jun 5	SB 97	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S) - government agency appeals and editorial changes (effective 60 DAYS)
64	Jun 5	SB 1168	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Fayette and York counties (effective IMMEDIATELY)
65	Jun 11	HB 80	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - unauthorized school bus entry (effective 60 DAYS)
66	Jun 11	HB 1756	Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Law - power to parole (effective 60 DAYS)
67	Jun 11	SB 770	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - arraignment by audio-video communication (effective 60 DAYS)
68	Jun 17	SB 91	Insurance Company Law of 1921, The - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
69	Jun 18	SB 540	Real Estate Tax Sale Law - limitations on owners and purchases from repository for unsold property (effective 60 DAYS)
70	Jun 18	SB 543	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
71	Jun 18	HB 135	Administrative Code of 1929, The - osteoporosis prevention and education program (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
72	Jun 18	HB 1108	County Code, The - assistant district attorneys and contract procedures (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
73	Jun 18	HB 1480	Names (54 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
74	Jun 18	HB 1502	Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - anatomical gifts and Organ Donation Awareness Trust Fund contributions (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
75	Jun 18	HB 1597	Public Bathing Law - lifeguard requirements and swimming pool pesticides (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
76	Jun 18	HB 1778	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - terroristic threats and obscene and other sexual materials (effective 60 DAYS)
77	Jun 18	HB 1979	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - twenty year limitation expiration date extended (effective IMMEDIATELY)
78	Jun 18	SB 185	Highway Capital Budget Project Itemization Act of 1996-1997 - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
79	Jun 18	SB 220	County Code, The - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
80	Jun 18	SB 252	Death penalty - execution procedure and method (effective 60 DAYS)
81	Jun 18	SB 253	Sunshine Act - political subdivision defined (effective 60 DAYS)
82	Jun 18	SB 284	Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
83	Jun 18	SB 420	Names (54 Pa.C.S.) - name change orders procedure (effective 60 DAYS)
84	Jun 18	SB 640	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
85	Jun 18	SB 888	Boiler and Unfired Pressure Vessel Law - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
86	Jun 18	SB 1164	Liquor Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
87	Jun 18	SB 1203	Public Television Network System Law - commission composition and members' terms (effective 60 DAYS)
88	Jun 18	SB 1269	Education (24 Pa.C.S.) and State Government (71 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
89	Jun 18	SB 1296	Second Class County Code - county employee retirement allowances and appointment of joint tax collector (effective 60 DAYS)
90	Jun 18	SB 1423	Agriculture-Linked Investment Program Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
91	Jun 19	HB 10	Fish and Boat Code (30 Pa.C.S.) - dam marking (effective JANUARY 1, 1999)
92	Oct 6	HB 2328	Pennsylvania Keystone Opportunity Zone Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
93	Oct 15	SB 254	Public Officers (65 Pa.C.S.) - enactment (effective 90 DAYS)
94	Oct 16	SB 283	Agriculture Code (3 Pa.C.S) - aquacultural development and powers and duties of Department of Agriculture (effective 60 DAYS)
95	Oct 16	SB 996	Health Care Facilities Act - hospice services (effective 90 DAYS)
96	Oct 16	SB 1163	Military and Veterans Code (51 Pa.C.S) - advisory councils for veterans' homes, pay of members on special duty and charitable status of veterans' organizations (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
97	Oct 16	HB 591	Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code - joint municipal curative amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
98	Oct 16	HB 656	Insurance Company Law of 1921 - reimbursement for diabetic supplies and hearing aid coverage (effective 120 DAYS)
99	Nov 17	HB 1304	Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - disposition of decedent's remains (effective 60 DAYS)
100	Nov 17	SB 1013	Job Enhancement Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
101	Nov 24	HB 2209	Repeals - obsolete laws relating to annexing of adjacent territory by borough or incorporated town (effective IMMEDIATELY)
102	Nov 24	HB 1660	POW/Mia Memorial Highway, Marty Godra Memorial Bridge and POW/Mia Remembrance Highway - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
103	Nov 24	SB 1051	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S) - standby guardians for minors (effective 60 DAYS)
104	Nov 24	SB 670	Municipalities - sale of real and personal property (effective IMMEDIATELY)
105	Nov 24	SB 542	Optional Third Class City Charter Law - fines and penalties (effective 60 DAYS)
106	Nov 24	SB 491	Infrastructure Development Act - long-term vacant commercial site projects inclusion into infrastructure development program and job retention (effective 60 DAYS)
107	Nov 24	SB 263	Private Driver Education or Training School Act - regulating mileage and age of driver training vehicles (effective 60 DAYS)
108	Nov 24	SB 211	Borough Code, The - tax levies (effective 60 DAYS)
109	Nov 24	SB 1385	Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
110	Nov 24	SB 1372	Motor Vehicle Chop Shop and Illegally Obtained and Altered Property Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
111	Nov 24	SB 1192	Crime Victims Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
112	Nov 25	HB 1172	Real Estate Licensing and Registration Act - omnibus amendments (effective 1 YEAR)
113	Dec 3	SB 914	Public Utility Code (66 Pa.C.S.) - construction, relocation, suspension and abolition of crossings and related damages (effective 60 DAYS)
114	Dec 3	SB 101	Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law - maintenance of alleys and courts (effective 60 DAYS)
115	Dec 3	HB 2268	Domestic Violence Health Care Response Act - enactment (effective JULY 1, 1999)
116	Dec 3	HB 2459	Human Services Development Fund Act - allocations (effective JULY 1, 1999)
117	Dec 3	HB 2410	Flag display - rules and regulations and validity of ordinances (effective 60 DAYS)
118	Dec 3	HB 2225	Repeals - obsolete law relating to mode of inquiring into origin of fires (effective IMMEDIATELY)
119	Dec 3	HB 2210	Repeals - obsolete law relating to sewage system construction (effective IMMEDIATELY)
120	Dec 3	HB 207	Prisons - inmate uniform requirements (effective IMMEDIATELY)
121	Dec 3	HB 413	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
122	Dec 3	HB 2193	Commerce and Trade (12 Pa.C.S) - European union member states continuity of contract under monetary union (effective IMMEDIATELY)
123	Dec 3	HB 1985	Children's Trust Fund Act - Children's Trust Fund Board powers and duties and delegation of votes (effective 60 DAYS)
124	Dec 3	HB 1479	Associations Code (15 Pa.C.S.) - trademark fees and limited liability companies purposes (effective 60 DAYS)
125	Dec 3	HB 1020	Forest Lands Beautification Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
126	Dec 15	HB 1897	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
127	Dec 15	HB 1992	Domestic Relations Code (23 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
128	Dec 15	HB 2664	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - court-appointed special advocates in juvenile matters (effective 60 DAYS)
129	Dec 16	HB 2024	Police Officer, Firefighter, Correction Employee and National Guard Member Child Beneficiary Education Act - enactment (effective IMMEDIATELY)
130	Dec 21	SB 56	Noise pollution - immunity from nuisance actions (effective IMMEDIATELY)
131	Dec 21	SB 94	Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Act - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
132	Dec 21	SB 95	Savings Association Code of 1967 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
133	Dec 21	SB 510	Real Estate Tax Sale Law - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
134	Dec 21	SB 512	Housing Authorities Law - taxes and municipal utility bills payment (effective 60 DAYS)
135	Dec 21	SB 541	Third Class City Code - property maintenance ordinances adoption authorization and fines and penalties (effective 60 DAYS)
136	Dec 21	SB 619	Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
137	Dec 21	SB 1011	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Alleghey Bedford, Cambria, Columbia, Delaware, Fayette, Lycoming, Montgomery, Warren, Venango and Wayne counties and the City of Philadelphia (effective IMMEDIATELY)
138	Dec 21	SB 930	Agricultural Area Security Law - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
139	Dec 21	SB 1193	Roxanne H. Jones Avenue, 78th Division Highway, POW/MIA Remembrance Highway, Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Highway and Arthur F. Detisch Memorial Bridge - designation (effective 60 DAYS)
140	Dec 21	SB 1200	American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway, Bernard J.Dombrowski Memorial Highway, Nittany Parkway, Senator Clarence F. Manbeck Bridge, James Dicosimo Bypass, Standing Stone Parkway, 94th Infantry Division Memorial Highway and Ben Weaver Bridge - designation (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
141	Dec 21	SB 1205	Associations Code (15 Pa.C.S.) and Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
142	Dec 21	SB 1218	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Washington,Montgomery and Franklin counties (effective IMMEDIATELY)
143	Dec 21	SB 1239	Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Law - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
144	Dec 21	SB 1262	Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - commencement of actions within six months and deficiency judgments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
145	Dec 21	SB 1373	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) and Judicial Code (42 Pa.C.S.) - revisions and repeals relating to motor vehicle chop shops and illegally obtained and altered property (effective 60 DAYS)
146	Dec 21	SB 1461	Second Class County Code - omnibus amendments (effective JAN. 1, 1999)
147	Dec 21	SB 1495	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Erie County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
148	Dec 21	SB 1529	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Potter and Centre counties (effective IMMEDIATELY)
149	Dec 21	HB 148	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
150	Dec 21	HB 366	Insurance Company Law of 1921, The - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
151	Dec 21	HB 433	Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
152	Dec 21	HB 501	Senior Citizen Advisory Committee Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)
153	Dec 21	HB 558	Hearing Aid Sales Registration Law - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS WITH EXCEPTIONS)
154	Dec 21	HB 601	Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
155	Dec 21	HB 613	Liquor Code - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
156	Dec 21	HB 680	Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
157	Dec 21	HB 689	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective 60 DAYS)
158	Dec 21	HB 1064	Child Labor Law - entertainment, rehearsals, permits, applications, appeals and volunteer fire company activities (effective 60 DAYS)
159	Dec 21	HB 1272	Crimes Code (18 Pa.C.S.) - aggravated assault and retaliation against prosecutor or judicial official (effective 60 DAYS)
160	Dec 21	HB 1426	Housing Finance Agency Law - homeowner's emergency assistance (effective 60 DAYS)
161	Dec 21	HB 1473	Asbestos Occupations Accreditation and Certification Act - contractor licensing requirements (effective 60 DAYS)
162	Dec 21	HB 1628	Public accounts and monies - deferred compensation plans of Commonwealth and political subdivisions (effective IMMEDIATELY)
163	Dec 21	HB 1636	History Code (37 Pa.C.S.) - Brandywine Battlefield and Washington Crossing Park Commissions abolishment and transfer of powers and duties to Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (effective 90 DAYS)
164	Dec 21	HB 1715	Prothonotary Fee Law - establishment, modification and addition of fees (effective 30 DAYS)
165	Dec 21	HB 1937	Conveyance - Commonwealth property in Erie County (effective IMMEDIATELY)
166	Dec 21	HB 1994	Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
167	Dec 21	HB 2005	Consumer Discount Company Act - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
168	Dec 21	HB 2038	Minimum Wage Act of 1968 - food service employee incentive program establishment (effective IMMEDIATELY WITH EXCEPTIONS)
169	Dec 21	HB 2200	Local Tax Collection Law - tax collection and settlement of duplicates and audits (effective DEC. 31, 1999)
170	Dec 21	HB 2243	Repeals - obsolete law relating to appointment, organization and discipline of volunteer police officers during was with Germany (effective 60 DAYS)
171	Dec 21	HB 2258	Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Law - supervision of persons paroled in other states (effective 60 DAYS)
172	Dec 21	HB 2354	Capital Budget Act of 1998-1999 - omnibus amendments (effective IMMEDIATELY)
173	Dec 21	HB 2703	Commerce and trade - sales representatives and principals agreements, contracts and commissions (effective JAN. 1, 1999)
174	Dec 21	HB 2858	Community and Economic Improvement Act - enactment (effective 60 DAYS)