PRINTER'S NO. 3152
No. 2359 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY BERSON AND SCIRICA, MAY 11, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 11, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 1 (General Provisions) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, adding and revising provisions
3 relating to printing and distribution of statutes and making
4 repeals.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 501 and 502 of Title 1, act of November
8 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes, added June 17, 1974 (P.L.330, No.107),
10 are amended to read:
11 § 501. Publication and distribution.
12 (a) General rule.--The Legislative Reference Bureau may
13 compile, edit, publish, print, supplement and revise or contract
14 directly or through the Legislative Printing Clerk for the
15 compilation, editing, publishing, printing, supplementation or
16 revision of an official publication of the Pennsylvania
17 Consolidated Statutes and amendments thereto. It shall be the
18 duty of the Department of [Property and Supplies] General
19 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 subject, however, to
18 requirements or limitations, if any, established by concurrent
19 resolution of the General Assembly. Without limiting the
20 generality of the foregoing, the bureau may provide for the free
21 reciprocal exchange of publications between this Commonwealth
22 and other states and foreign jurisdictions and for the free
23 distribution of at least one copy of every publication printed
24 under authority of this chapter to each:
25 (1) County for the use of its law library.
26 (2) Member of the General Assembly [at the post office
27 address specified by him].
28 (3) Law school library which pursuant to rules of court
29 receives copies of printed briefs and records filed in the
30 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
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1 (c) Payments and disposition of moneys.--Payments for
2 documents published by authority of this chapter shall be made
3 to the Legislative Reference Bureau or the Department of
4 [Property and Supplies] General Services, as the bureau shall
5 determine, which shall pay the same into the State Treasury to
6 the credit of the General Fund. Such moneys are hereby
7 appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislative Reference
8 Bureau to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
9 § 502. Preparation and contents.
10 (a) General rule.--In compiling and editing the Pennsylvania
11 Consolidated Statutes and amendments thereto for publication,
12 the bureau may:
13 (1) Omit provisions of the amendatory acts which do not
14 become a part of the structure of this act or which do not
15 constitute part of the law as provided in section 1101(b) of
16 this title (relating to enacting clause and unofficial
17 provisions).
18 (2) Include the provisions or a summary of the
19 provisions referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection in
20 a footnote, appendix, table or other form at such a place and
21 in such a manner as it deems appropriate but any unofficial
22 provisions so included shall not constitute part of the law.
23 (3) Include tables of contents, summary analyses, source
24 notes, parallel tables, indexes, cross references to statutes
25 and regulations, and such other provisions, whether or not
26 contained in this act or in any amendment or amendments to
27 this act, as the bureau deems appropriate but any unofficial
28 provisions so included shall not constitute part of the law.
29 (4) Include the Constitution of Pennsylvania and
30 proposed amendments thereto as well as selected general and
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1 permanent laws and amendments thereto.
2 (5) Establish a form of citation of such publication or
3 any part thereof which may be used for the purpose of
4 drafting amendments to this act and for other purposes not
5 inconsistent with the provisions of section 102 of this title
6 (relating to citation of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes)
7 and section 303 of this title (relating to cross references
8 between provisions of the Consolidated Statutes).
9 (b) Approvals by legislative officers.--The President pro
10 tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
11 Representatives shall approve[:
12 (1) The] the form and contents of the publication
13 prepared by the bureau.
14 [(2) All contracts entered into by the bureau or the
15 Legislative Printing Clerk pursuant to section 501(a) of this
16 title (relating to publication and distribution).
17 (3) All regulations and decisions of the bureau relating
18 to the distribution of the publication and the prices to be
19 charged for such publications pursuant to section 501(b) of
20 this title (relating to publication and distribution).]
21 Section 2. Section 1103 of Title 1, added December 6, 1972
22 (P.L.1339, No.290), is amended to read:
23 § 1103. [Preparation] Printing of statutes [for printing].
24 (a) Notification by Department of State.--The Department of
25 State, as soon as any bill becomes a law, shall promptly notify
26 the Legislative Reference Bureau of that fact and transmit any
27 documentation requested by the bureau or otherwise required.
28 (b) Preparation of statutes for printing.--The Director of
29 the Legislative Reference Bureau shall, as soon as any bill
30 becomes a law, prepare the same for printing, cause the same to
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1 be printed immediately, and collate with and correct the proof
2 sheets by the original rolls. He shall also have the statutes
3 printed and indexed in book form as the Laws of Pennsylvania as
4 early as possible succeeding each regular session of the General
5 Assembly, for distribution in accordance with law.
6 (c) Contracts for printing.--The Director of the Legislative
7 Reference Bureau may contract directly or through the
8 Legislative Printing Clerk for the printing and binding of
9 advance copies of statutes and the Laws of Pennsylvania which
10 contracts shall be given to the lowest responsible bidder after
11 notice to prospective bidders published in the Pennsylvania
12 Bulletin. In the alternative and with the approval of the
13 President pro tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House of
14 Representatives, the bureau may contract with an established law
15 book publisher for the printing, binding, sale and distribution
16 of statutes under such terms and conditions as shall be in the
17 best interest of this Commonwealth. Approval of the contracts by
18 the Governor, Auditor General or State Treasurer shall not be
19 required. This subsection applies to contracts relating to the
20 official publication of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
21 authorized under section 501(a) (relating to publication and
22 distribution).
23 Section 3. Title 1 is amended by adding a section to read:
24 § 1107. Distribution of statutes.
25 (a) General rule.--The number of advance copies of statutes
26 and volumes of the Laws of Pennsylvania printed or published,
27 the prices to be charged for individual copies and subscriptions
28 (which prices may be fixed without reference to the restrictions
29 placed upon and fixed for the sale of other publications of the
30 Commonwealth) and the number of copies which shall be
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1 distributed free for official use shall be established by the
2 bureau subject, however, to requirements or limitations, if any,
3 established by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly.
4 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the bureau may
5 provide for the free reciprocal exchange of statutes between
6 this Commonwealth and other states and foreign jurisdictions and
7 for the free distribution of at least one copy of every statute
8 printed under authority of this subchapter to each:
9 (1) Prothonotary of each county.
10 (2) County for the use of its law library.
11 (3) Member of the General Assembly.
12 (4) Department, board, commission and agency in the
13 Executive Branch.
14 (5) Law school library which pursuant to rules of court
15 receives copies of printed briefs and records filed in the
16 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
17 (b) Distribution agency.--The bureau shall provide for the
18 manner of distribution of the advance copies of statutes and the
19 Laws of Pennsylvania. It shall be the duty of the Department of
20 General Services, upon request of the bureau, to arrange for the
21 prompt distribution of statutes in accordance with the
22 provisions of this section.
23 (c) Payments and disposition of moneys.--Payments for
24 statutes printed and published by authority of this subchapter
25 shall be made to the Legislative Reference Bureau or the
26 Department of General Services, as the bureau shall determine,
27 which shall pay the same into the State Treasury to the credit
28 of the General Fund. Such moneys are hereby appropriated from
29 the General Fund to the Legislative Reference Bureau to carry
30 out the provisions of this subchapter.
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1 Section 4. (a) Sections 804(c) and 2406(h), act of April 9,
2 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of
3 1929," are repealed.
4 (b) The following acts and parts of acts are repealed in so
5 far as they relate to printing and binding used in the
6 Legislative Reference Bureau and the printing, binding and
7 distribution of laws:
8 Section 10, act of May 7, 1923 (P.L.158, No.119), entitled
9 "An act creating a Legislative Reference Bureau; providing for
10 the election of a director by the General Assembly; designating
11 the officers and employes of such bureau, defining their duties;
12 fixing their salaries; abolishing the present Legislative
13 Reference Bureau; and making an appropriation."
14 Act of May 8, 1923 (P.L.161, No.120), entitled "An act
15 providing for and regulating the public printing and binding,
16 the editing for publication and the distribution of all
17 documents, reports, bulletins, and other publications for the
18 use of the Commonwealth, the several departments, boards,
19 commissions, and other agencies engaged in the legislative,
20 judicial, and administrative work of the State Government; the
21 sale of waste paper; the appointment of a director and other
22 employes; and repealing inconsistent and conflicting
23 legislation."
24 Section 2406(d), act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
25 known as "The Administrative Code of 1929."
26 Act of August 21, 1961 (P.L.1014, No.455), entitled "An act
27 relative to Commonwealth printing; establishing conditions upon
28 which contracts will be awarded; and prescribing remedies and
29 penalties for noncompliance with such conditions."
30 (c) All other acts and parts of acts are repealed in so far
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1 as they are inconsistent with this act.
2 Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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