PRINTER'S NO. 1753
No. 1510 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, DAIKELER, NAHILL, CORNELL, FRYER, A. C. FOSTER, JR., GREENWOOD, CESSAR, McCLATCHY, COCHRAN, BOYES, MERRY, MADIGAN, REBER, BOWSER, GANNON, CLYMER, TELEK, PERZEL AND SNYDER, JUNE 3, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 3, 1981
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the distribution of 3 certain publications, making editorial changes and making 4 appropriations. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Section 501 of Title 1, act of November 25, 1970 8 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated 9 Statutes, is amended to read: 10 § 501. Publication and distribution. 11 (a) General rule.--The Legislative Reference Bureau may 12 compile, edit, publish, print, supplement and revise or contract 13 directly or through the Legislative Printing Clerk for the 14 compilation, editing, publishing, printing, supplementation or 15 revision of an official publication of the Pennsylvania 16 Consolidated Statutes and amendments thereto. It shall be the 17 duty of the Department of [Property and Supplies] General 18 Services upon request of the bureau, to arrange for the prompt
1 distribution of the official publication and the supplements 2 thereto and revisions thereof in accordance with the provisions 3 of this chapter. [This publication shall be in addition to the 4 publication of advance copies of statutes and the Laws of 5 Pennsylvania except that the bureau, when authorized by 6 concurrent resolution of the General Assembly, may reduce the 7 number of such statutes and laws published and printed and 8 provide for the manner of their distribution and a fee to be 9 charged for certain distributions.] 10 (b) Sale and distribution.--The prices to be charged for 11 individual copies of and subscriptions to the official 12 publication, the supplements thereto and revisions thereof, for 13 reprints and bound volumes thereof, which prices may be fixed 14 without reference to the restrictions placed upon and fixed for 15 the sale of other publications of the Commonwealth, and the 16 number of copies which shall be distributed free for official 17 use shall be established by the bureau. Without limiting the 18 generality of the foregoing, the bureau may provide for the free 19 [reciprocal]: 20 (1) Reciprocal exchange of publications between this 21 Commonwealth and other states and foreign jurisdictions [and 22 for the free distribution]. 23 (2) Distribution of at least one copy of every 24 publication printed under authority of this chapter to each: 25 [(1)] (i) County for the use of its law library. 26 [(2)] (ii) Member of the General Assembly [at the 27 post office address specified by him]. 28 [(3)] (iii) Law school library which pursuant to 29 rules of court receives copies of printed briefs and 30 records filed in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 19810H1510B1753 - 2 -
1 (3) Distribution of copies of the permanent editions and 2 cumulative supplements of Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 3 Title 75 (Vehicles) to municipal corporations for members of 4 their police departments. 5 (c) Payments and disposition of moneys.--Payments for 6 documents published by authority of this chapter shall be made 7 to the Department of [Property and Supplies] General Services 8 which shall pay the same into the State Treasury to the credit 9 of the General Fund. Such moneys are hereby appropriated from 10 the General Fund to the Legislative Reference Bureau to carry 11 out the provisions of this chapter. 12 Section 2. The following sums are hereby specifically 13 appropriated to the following agencies to carry out the purposes 14 of 1 Pa.C.S. § 501(b)(3) (relating to publication and 15 distribution) as added by this act: 16 (1) Legislative Reference Bureau, $84,000. 17 (2) Department of General Services, $80,000. 18 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately. E14L1CVV/19810H1510B1753 - 3 -