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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 837 - Aircraft Operation › Section 837.380 - Action by owner of real property; Attorney General.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person who owns or lawfully occupies real property in this state may bring an action against any person or public body that operates an unmanned aircraft system that is flown over the property if:
(a) The operator of the unmanned aircraft system has flown the unmanned aircraft system over the property on at least one previous occasion; and
(b) The person notified the owner or operator of the unmanned aircraft system that the person did not want the unmanned aircraft system flown over the property.
(2) A person may not bring an action under this section if:
(a) The unmanned aircraft system is lawfully in the flight path for landing at an airport, airfield or runway; and
(b) The unmanned aircraft system is in the process of taking off or landing.
(3) A person may not bring an action under this section if the unmanned aircraft system is operated for commercial purposes in compliance with authorization granted by the Federal Aviation Administration. This subsection does not preclude a person from bringing another civil action, including but not limited to an action for invasion of privacy or an action for invasion of personal privacy under ORS 30.831.
(4) A prevailing plaintiff may recover treble damages for any injury to the person or the property by reason of a trespass by an unmanned aircraft system as described in this section, and may be awarded injunctive relief in the action.
(5) A prevailing plaintiff may recover attorney fees under ORS 20.080 if the amount pleaded in an action under this section is $10,000 or less.
(6) The Attorney General, on behalf of the State of Oregon, may bring an action or claim for relief alleging nuisance or trespass arising from the operation of an unmanned aircraft system in the airspace over this state. A court shall award reasonable attorney fees to the Attorney General if the Attorney General prevails in an action under this section. [2013 c.686 §15; 2015 c.315 §11; 2016 c.72 §10]
Note:
See note under 837.300.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 837 - Aircraft Operation › Section 837.385 - Preemption of local laws regulating unmanned aircraft systems.

Except as expressly authorized by state statute, the authority to regulate the ownership or operation of unmanned aircraft systems is vested solely in the Legislative Assembly. Except as expressly authorized by state statute, a local government, as defined ORS 174.116, may not enact an ordinance or resolution that regulates the ownership or operation of unmanned aircraft systems or otherwise engage in the regulation of the ownership or operation of unmanned aircraft systems. [2013 c.686 §17; 2015 c.315 §12]
Note:
See note under 837.300.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 837 - Aircraft Operation › Section 837.387 - Regulation of unmanned aircraft systems in parks owned by local government.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 837.385, a local government, as defined in ORS 174.116, may enact an ordinance or resolution prohibiting or regulating the takeoff and landing of unmanned aircraft systems in parks owned by the local government.
(2) An ordinance enacted under subsection (1) of this section must:
(a) Allow utility providers a reasonable ability to use unmanned aircraft systems in parks for the purpose of inspecting utility lines.
(b) Allow public bodies to use unmanned aircraft systems in parks for emergency operations.
(c) Provide for an affirmative defense to a charge or claim of violation of the ordinance when a person performs an emergency landing of an unmanned aircraft system in a park in the absence of an equally safe alternative. [2023 c.115 §2]
Note:
See note under 837.300.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 837 - Aircraft Operation › Section 837.390 - Applicability.

ORS 837.300 to 837.390 and 837.995 and section 11, chapter 686, Oregon Laws 2013, do not apply to the Armed Forces of the United States as defined in ORS 352.313. [2013 c.686 §16]
Note:
See note under 837.300.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 837 - Aircraft Operation › Section 837.990 - Penalties.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and subject to ORS 153.022, a person commits a Class A violation if the person violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted, or order issued, under this chapter.
(2) The offense described in ORS 837.080, prohibited operation of an aircraft, is a Class B misdemeanor. [Formerly 493.991; 1999 c.1051 §115; 2005 c.75 §5; 2007 c.71 §248]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 837 - Aircraft Operation › Section 837.995 - Crimes involving unmanned aircraft systems; penalties.

(1) A person commits a Class A felony if the person possesses or controls an unmanned aircraft system and intentionally causes, or attempts to cause, the unmanned aircraft system to fire a bullet or other projectile at an aircraft while the aircraft is in the air.
(2) A person who intentionally interferes with, or gains unauthorized control over, an unmanned aircraft system licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration, or operated by the Armed Forces of the United States as defined in ORS 352.313, an agency of the United States or a federal, state or local law enforcement agency, commits a Class C felony. [2013 c.686 §13; 2015 c.315 §13; 2023 c.114 §2]
Note:
See note under 837.300.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 837 - Aircraft Operation › Section 837.998 - Civil penalties.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, the Director of the Oregon Department of Aviation may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $720 for each violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted, or order issued, under this chapter.
(2) The director may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for violation of ORS 837.080 or any rule adopted, or order issued, under this chapter to enforce ORS 837.080.
(3) The director shall impose civil penalties under this section in the manner provided in ORS 183.745. [2013 c.403 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.010 - Establishing district; election; tax rate limit; prerequisite for inclusion of county; prerequisite for inclusion of airport owned by city.

(1) In addition to initiatory action authorized by ORS 198.705 to 198.955, proceedings to establish a district may be initiated by:
(a) A resolution adopted by the governing body of the most populous county in the proposed district and filed with the governing body of the principal county in the proposed district, petitioning that body to call the election; or
(b) A resolution adopted by the governing body of any city owning an airport within the proposed district and filed with the governing body of the principal county in the proposed district, petitioning that body to call an election.
(2) The petition or resolution initiating formation may request that the election to establish the district be held at the same time as an election to establish a permanent rate limit on operating taxes within the meaning of section 11 (3)(c), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. If the petition or resolution does so, the election shall be held at that time and shall also request that the proposition to be voted on include a proposed permanent rate limit for operating taxes for the district within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution. If the petition or resolution does so, the proposition to be voted on at the election shall include a proposed permanent rate limit for the district, in accordance with the petition or resolution.
(3) After initiatory action has been taken pursuant to this section, airport district formation shall be conducted and completed as provided by ORS 198.705 to 198.955 except that where areas from more than one county are proposed to be included in the district, the election for district board members may be held at a date later than the election for formation, if successful. The later election for board members may also propose establishment of a district permanent rate limit for operating taxes.
(4) No county or portion thereof shall be included within a district unless a majority of the electors in the county approve the inclusion of such county or portion thereof within the district.
(5) No district shall include an airport owned by a city unless the governing body of such city has adopted a resolution approving the inclusion of the airport within such district or a majority of the electors within the city voting on the proposal approve the inclusion of the airport. [Formerly 494.020; 1997 c.541 §387]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.015 - Establishing tax rate limit.

A permanent rate limit for operating taxes within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, may be established for a district at the same election at which the district is established or at the first election of district board members, where that election is held after district establishment. If the petition or resolution for initiating proceedings to establish the district contains both requests authorized by ORS 838.010 (2), the county governing body that calls the election shall confer about the proposed permanent rate limit with the governing bodies of all counties and cities having territory in the proposed district and shall then determine the rate limit to be proposed for the district. The proposition submitted to the electors of the district for the purpose of establishing the district shall propose the rate limit specified by the county governing body. The rate limit so proposed shall be the initial permanent rate limit for operating taxes of the district within the meaning of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, if the district is established at the election. [Formerly 494.030; 1997 c.541 §388; 1999 c.21 §79]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.020 - Governing body of district; first terms and meeting.

(1) The governing body of a district shall be a district board consisting of five or seven members elected from the district at large. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the term of district board member is four years. Candidates for the first district board shall be nominated as provided in ORS 255.235 and elected as provided in ORS 198.705 to 198.955 and 838.010.
(2) Not later than the 40th day after the first board members are elected, the district board members shall meet and organize as a board, first making and subscribing to an oath of office. Notwithstanding the term of office specified in subsection (1) of this section, the term of each board member shall be determined by lot at the first meeting of the board as follows:
(a) Of the members first elected to a seven-member board:
(A) The terms of four members shall expire June 30 next following the first regular district election; and
(B) The terms of three members shall expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(b) Of the members first elected to a five-member board:
(A) The terms of three members shall expire June 30 next following the first regular district election; and
(B) The terms of two members shall expire June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(3) The chairperson of the county governing body that calls the election on establishing the district shall convene the first meeting of the district board and shall serve as chairperson of the first meeting until the members choose a permanent chairperson. [Formerly 494.040]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.025 - Election laws apply.

(1) ORS chapter 255 governs the following:
(a) The nomination and election of district board members.
(b) The conduct of district elections.
(2) The electors of a district may exercise the powers of the initiative and referendum regarding a district measure, in accordance with ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [Formerly 494.043]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.030 - Officers of board; vacancies; rules of procedure.

(1) At its first meeting after July 1 each year the district board shall choose a chairperson for the ensuing year. The chairperson shall be the presiding officer of the board and have whatever additional functions the board prescribes.
(2) Vacancies shall be filled as provided in ORS 198.320.
(3) The district board may adopt and enforce rules of procedure governing its proceedings. [Formerly 494.046]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.035 - District.

(1) An airport district has full power to carry out the objectives of its formation and to that end may have and use a seal, have perpetual succession, sue and be sued in its own name, and enter into contracts.
(2) Except as this chapter provides to the contrary, the powers of the district shall be vested in the district board of the district.
(3) An airport district formed under this chapter shall be considered a district for all purposes in ORS chapter 198. [Formerly 494.050; 2003 c.802 §158]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.040 - Powers of district.

A district may establish, construct, expand or lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, police and regulate airports and air navigation facilities, and to this end may exercise all the functions and powers provided in ORS 836.200 to 836.250 and may acquire by lease, purchase, gift, devise, condemnation proceedings or otherwise such real and personal property and rights of way, either within or without the limits of the district as, in the judgment of the board, are necessary or proper. [Formerly 494.060]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.045 - Regulations.

The district board in accordance with ORS 198.510 to 198.600 may by ordinance make, modify or abolish regulations as convenient or necessary to provide for policing or regulating the use of airports, and any facilities located at or in conjunction with airports, owned, operated, leased, maintained or controlled by the district. [Formerly 494.070]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.055 - Contracting to carry out functions.

A district may contract with any public or private agency for the agency to operate any facility or perform any function that the district is authorized to operate or perform. By contract the district may assume any function of any public corporation, city or county in the district that the district has power to assume under this chapter. [Formerly 494.090]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.060 - Ad valorem taxation; special tax; collection.

(1) A district may levy annually an ad valorem tax on all taxable property within its boundaries not to exceed in any one year one-half percent (0.005) of the real market value of all taxable property within the boundaries of the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. The district may also annually assess, levy and collect a special tax upon all such property in an amount sufficient to pay the yearly interest on bonds previously issued by the district and then outstanding, together with any portion of the principal of such bonds maturing within the year. The special tax shall be applied only in payment of the interest and principal of bonds issued by the corporation, but the corporation may apply any funds it may have toward the payment of principal and interest of any such bonds.
(2) Such taxes shall be levied in each year and returned to the county officer whose duty it is to extend the tax levy as provided in ORS 310.060. All taxes levied by the district shall become payable at the same time and be collected by the same officer who collects county taxes and shall be turned over to the district according to law. The county officer whose duty it is to extend the county levy shall extend the levy of the district in the same manner as city taxes are extended. Property shall be subject to sale for nonpayment of taxes levied by the corporation in like manner and with like effect as in the case of county and state taxes.
(3) In taxation a district may classify property on the basis of services received from the district and prescribe different tax rates for the different classes of property. [Formerly 494.110; 1991 c.459 §444]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.065 - General obligation bonds; amount; maturity; revenue bonds; issuance.

(1) For the purpose of performing any service that the district has power to perform, the district, when authorized at any properly called election held for such purpose, shall have the power to borrow money by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds. Such bonds shall never exceed in the aggregate 10 percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. The bonds shall be so conditioned that the district shall promise and agree therein to pay the bearer at a place named therein payable semiannually in accordance with the tenor and terms of the interest coupons attached. The bonds shall mature serially not to exceed 30 years from the date of issue.
(2) For the purpose of performing any of the powers conferred by this chapter a district, without the necessity of an election held for such purpose, shall have the power to borrow money by the issuance and sale also of revenue bonds and to pledge as security therefor, all or any part of the unobligated net income or revenue of the district. The revenue bonds shall be payable both as to principal and interest from revenues only. The revenue bonds shall not be subject to the percentage limitation applicable to general obligation bonds and shall not be a lien on any of the taxable property within the limits of the district and shall be payable solely from such part of revenues of the district as remains after the payment of obligations having a priority and of all expenses of operation and maintenance of the district. All revenue bonds shall contain a provision that both the principal and interest are payable solely from the operating revenues of the district remaining after paying such obligations and expenses.
(3) All general obligation bonds and revenue bonds shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [Formerly 494.120; 1991 c.459 §445; 2007 c.783 §232]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation › Chapter 838 - Airport Districts › Section 838.075 - Refunding bonds.

Refunding bonds of the same character and tenor as those replaced thereby may be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the district board without submitting to the electors the question of authorizing the issuance of the bonds. [Formerly 494.140]
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Extra - Title Notes

Enactment.
Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 1 were added November 25, 1970, P.L.707,
            No.230, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part I was added November 25, 1970, P.L.707, No.230, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part II (Reserved) was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part III was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part IV (Reserved) was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part V was added December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part VI was added September 28, 1978, P.L.788, No.152, effective immediately.
Enactment.
Part VII was added October 30, 2001, P.L.815, No.79, effective immediately.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 1 - Short Title, Form of Citation and Effective Date › Section 101 - Short title

§ 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes."
(Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.816, No.271, eff. imd.)
1974 Amendment.
Act 271 changed the short title from "Consolidated Pennsylvania Statutes."
Conforming Editorial Changes in Citations.
For authority of the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau to editorially change the form of citations in statutes to conform to the 1974 amendment to section 101, see section 6 of act 271 of 1974 in the appendix to this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 1 - Short Title, Form of Citation and Effective Date › Section 102 - Citation of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

§ 102. Citation of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
The Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes may be cited by title and section number. Without prejudice to any other form of citation, a citation to any section of this act in the following form shall, except as provided in section 303 of this title (relating to cross references between provisions of the Consolidated Statutes), be adequate for all purposes: "1 Pa.C.S. § 102."
(Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.816, No.271, eff. imd.)
1974 Amendment.
Act 271 changed the short form of citation from "Pa.S."
Conforming Editorial Changes in Citations.
For authority of the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau to editorially change the form of citations in statutes to conform to the 1974 amendment to section 102, see section 6 of Act 271 of 1974 in the appendix to this title.
Cross References.
Section 102 is referred to in sections 303, 502 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - Format of the Consolidated Statutes › Section 301 - Arrangement

§ 301. Arrangement.
(a) Titles and major subdivisions.--
This act consists of titles subdivided into parts, articles, chapters and such other major subdivisions as may be required for clarity of expression and uniformity of style.
(b) Chapters.--
The principal subdivisions of a part, or of a title that is not divided into parts, of this act are chapters, comprising the sections relating to the part or title, as the case may be, embraced in the heading of the chapter. Chapters of this act are identified by Arabic numerals beginning with each title.
(c) Sections and minor subdivisions.--
Sections of this act are identified by Arabic numerals beginning with each title. Chapters shall consist of no more than 99 sections. The last two digits in the section numbers shall indicate the sequence of sections within a chapter, and the digit or digits preceding such digits shall indicate the number of the chapter. A section of this act is subdivided into subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs and such other minor subdivisions as may be required for clarity of expression and uniformity of style.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - Format of the Consolidated Statutes › Section 302 - Section headings

§ 302. Section headings.
Each section of this act shall be given a brief descriptive heading immediately preceding the body of the section. The headings of sections may be referred to as catchlines. In printing this act and its amendments the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau shall substitute a symbol for the word "Section" preceding the digits of a section number in each catchline. Subsections may also have headings for convenience. Subsection headings shall not be set out on separate lines.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - Format of the Consolidated Statutes › Section 303 - Cross references between provisions of the Consolidated Statutes

§ 303. Cross references between provisions of the Consolidated Statutes.
When reference is made in this act to a provision contained in any other section or sections of the same title such provision shall be identified without specifying the number of the title in which it appears. When reference is made in this act to a provision contained in any section or sections of this act appearing in a different title the short form of citation specified in section 102 of this title (relating to citation of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes) shall be used. A cross reference description based on the section heading or headings of the provisions cited shall be inserted immediately following the first occurrence of the citation in the section and following any reoccurrence of the citation which is preceded in the same section or relevant part thereof by a citation to a different section of this act. Where required for clarity in the case of cross references to subsections or other parts of a section, the cross reference description shall be based on the subject matter of the subsection or other part thereof referred to.
Cross References.
Section 303 is referred to in sections 102, 502 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - Format of the Consolidated Statutes › Section 304 - References to other statutes

§ 304. References to other statutes.
(a) Method and scope of reference.--
Acts of the General Assembly shall be referred to generically in this act as statutes and, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, such term when used in this act shall be deemed to be also a general reference to the provisions of this act.
(b) Form of citation.--
Without prejudice to any other form of citation, any statute, except a provision of this act, shall be cited in this act by reference to its date of enactment, the special session number, if any, the page and act number, if any, assigned in the Laws of Pennsylvania and its statutory short title, or popular name, if any, otherwise a brief summary of its title.
(Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.816, No.271, eff. imd.)
1974 Amendment.
Act 271 amended subsec. (b).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - Format of the Consolidated Statutes › Section 306 - Bills to amend the Consolidated Statutes

§ 306. Bills to amend the Consolidated Statutes.
(a) Conformity with requirements of chapter.--
Bills to amend this act shall be drafted to conform with the structure of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, as provided in this chapter.
(b) Bureau to insure conformity of bills.--
The Legislative Reference Bureau shall insure that all bills to amend this act conform with the requirement of subsection (a) of this section and other requirements established by the bureau pursuant to this section. Agencies and persons submitting requests for bills to amend this act shall allow the bureau sufficient time to make the necessary review and revision prior to final drafting of the bill by the bureau and shall, upon request or pursuant to requirements established by the bureau, submit copies or information for preparation of tables of contents, source notes and parallel tables for the use or information of the bureau, the General Assembly, governmental agencies and the public.
(c) Bureau to determine form of bill and title changes.--
In drafting bills requested by members of the General Assembly or other duly authorized agencies and persons, the bureau shall determine whether the bill shall be drafted in the form of an amendment to this act or in the form of an original enactment or amendment to another statute and shall draft the bill according to such determination. The bureau shall also determine whether the number or name of a title established under this act shall be changed and whether titles shall be added or deleted. This subsection shall not authorize the bureau to refuse to draft a bill in a manner expressly insisted upon by a member of the General Assembly nor shall it be construed as prohibiting the enactment of a law the form of which is contrary to the determination or advice of the bureau.
(d) Bureau may adopt regulations and initiate amendments.--
The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau may adopt and enforce rules, regulations, instructions and forms to carry out the powers and duties of the bureau under this act or other statute and the bureau may, from time to time, upon its own initiative, draft amendments to this act for consideration by the General Assembly.
(e) Validity of law unaffected by nonconformity.--
No law or any part thereof shall be invalid because it is not enacted in conformity with this title or requirements established pursuant to this section.
(May 10, 1974, P.L.290, No.89, eff. imd.)
1974 Amendment.
Act 89 lettered existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) to (e).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 5 - Official Publication of the Consolidated Statutes › Extra - Chapter Notes

Enactment.
Present Chapter 5 was added June 17, 1974, P.L.330, No.107, effective immediately.
Prior Provisions.
Former Chapter 5, which related to publication of laws, was added November 25, 1970,
            P.L.707, No.230, and repealed December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290, effective immediately.
            The subject matter is now contained in section 1104 of this title.
Cross References.
Chapter 5 is referred to in section 1105 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 5 - Official Publication of the Consolidated Statutes › Section 502 - Preparation and contents

§ 502. Preparation and contents.
(a) General rule.--
In compiling and editing the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and amendments thereto for publication, the bureau may:
(1) Omit provisions of the amendatory acts which do not become a part of the structure of this act or which do not constitute part of the law as provided in section 1101(b) of this title (relating to enacting clause and unofficial provisions).
(2) Include the provisions or a summary of the provisions referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection in a footnote, appendix, table or other form at such a place and in such a manner as it deems appropriate but any unofficial provisions so included shall not constitute part of the law.
(3) Include tables of contents, summary analyses, source notes, parallel tables, indexes, cross references to statutes and regulations, and such other provisions, whether or not contained in this act or in any amendment or amendments to this act, as the bureau deems appropriate but any unofficial provisions so included shall not constitute part of the law.
(4) Include the Constitution of Pennsylvania and proposed amendments thereto as well as selected general and permanent laws and amendments thereto.
(5) Establish a form of citation of such publication or any part thereof which may be used for the purpose of drafting amendments to this act and for other purposes not inconsistent with the provisions of section 102 of this title (relating to citation of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes) and section 303 of this title (relating to cross references between provisions of the Consolidated Statutes).
(b) Approvals by legislative officers.--
The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall approve:
(1) The form and contents of the publication prepared by the bureau.
(2) All contracts entered into by the bureau or the Legislative Printing Clerk pursuant to section 501(a) of this title (relating to publication and distribution).
(3) All regulations and decisions of the bureau relating to the distribution of the publication and the prices to be charged for such publications pursuant to section 501(b) of this title (relating to publication and distribution).
Cross References.
Section 502 is referred to in sections 503, 1105 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 5 - Official Publication of the Consolidated Statutes › Section 503 - Official status of publication

§ 503. Official status of publication.
The publication prepared by the bureau pursuant to this chapter shall constitute an official publication of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and shall be legal evidence of the laws contained therein including the Constitution and laws incorporated therein pursuant to section 502(a)(4) of this title (relating to preparation and contents).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 9 - Constitutional Provisions › Section 902 - Conduct of election

§ 902. Conduct of election.
The manner in which proposed amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the Commonwealth and the manner and effect of the certification of the returns of the election thereon shall, unless the General Assembly shall prescribe otherwise with respect to any particular proposed amendment, be as provided in the Pennsylvania Election Code.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 9 - Constitutional Provisions › Section 903 - Governor to proclaim result of election

§ 903. Governor to proclaim result of election.
The officer of this Commonwealth to whom election returns are required by law to be certified shall, whenever a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania has been on the ballot at any election, certify the result of the election thereon to the Governor immediately upon receiving the official returns from all counties of the Commonwealth, and the Governor shall thereupon issue his proclamation indicating whether or not the proposed amendment has been adopted by a majority of the electors voting thereon. The proclamation shall be published in the next available volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 9 - Constitutional Provisions › Section 904 - Governor to proclaim corrected numbering

§ 904. Governor to proclaim corrected numbering.
Whenever an amendment of an article or of a section of the Constitution of Pennsylvania is adopted without specifying an article or section number, or whenever any amendment is adopted bearing a number which conflicts with the number of another article or section of the Constitution, the Governor may by proclamation specify a number for the article or section having no number, or change the number of any article or section which bears a number which conflicts with the number of another article or section of the Constitution, or renumber the articles of the Constitution or the sections of an article. The proclamation shall be published in the next available volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 9 - Constitutional Provisions › Section 905 - Section headings

§ 905. Section headings.
The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, with the approval of the Department of Justice, shall prepare and promulgate an appropriate heading for any section of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which was heretofore or may hereafter be adopted without a section heading. Any section heading promulgated pursuant to this section shall be published in the next available volume of the Laws of Pennsylvania.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 9 - Constitutional Provisions › Section 906 - Short titles of Constitutions of 1874 and 1968

§ 906. Short titles of Constitutions of 1874 and 1968.
(a) Constitution of 1874.--
The Constitution of Pennsylvania, as adopted by referendum of December 16, 1873, shall be known and may be cited as the "Constitution of 1874."
(b) Constitution of 1968.--
The Constitution of Pennsylvania, as amended by referenda of May 17, 1966, November 8, 1966, May 16, 1967 and April 23, 1968 and as numbered by proclamation of the Governor of this Commonwealth of July 7, 1967 pursuant to the act of August 17, 1965 (P.L.345, No.180), shall be known and may be cited as the "Constitution of 1968."
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 11 - Statutory Provisions › Section 1101 - Enacting clause and unofficial provisions

§ 1101. Enacting clause and unofficial provisions.
(a) Style and position of enacting clause.--
All statutes shall begin in the following style: "The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:". Such enacting clause shall be placed immediately after the preamble or the table of contents of the statute, or if there be neither preamble nor table of contents, then immediately after the title.
(b) Enumeration and use of unofficial provisions.--
Preambles, tables of contents, summary analyses, major subdivision headings, section and minor subdivision headings, cross reference descriptions, source notes and parallel tables shall not constitute part of the law and the Legislative Reference Bureau may, in its discretion, either include or omit such provisions in bills drafted by the bureau including bills prepared initially by agencies or persons other than the bureau.
(c) Amendment of unofficial provisions.--
Notwithstanding any provision of this act or other statute to the contrary, in amending a bill or a statute it shall not be necessary to amend or delete any provision which does not constitute part of the law contained in the bill or statute which may be affected by such an amendment nor shall it be necessary to add any such provision to conform to such an amendment.
(June 17, 1974, P.L.330, No.107, eff. imd.; Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.816, No.271, eff. imd.)
1974 Amendments.
Act 107 amended the entire section and Act 271 amended subsec. (b).
Cross References. Section 1101 is referred to in sections 502, 1105 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 11 - Statutory Provisions › Section 1102 - Publication of notice of application for local or special legislation

§ 1102. Publication of notice of application for local or special legislation.
(a) General rule.--
No local or special bill to enact a local or special statute shall be passed by the General Assembly, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall be published, once a week for four successive weeks, in not less than two newspapers of general circulation, and also in the legal journal, if any, published in the county or in each of the several counties where the matter or thing affected may be. Where the matter or thing affected is in a municipality, publication shall be made in two newspapers of general circulation published in such municipality, if any, and, if none, then in two newspapers published in the county, and, in either event, also in the legal journal, if any, published in the county. Where only one newspaper of general circulation is published in a county or in a municipality, publication in such one newspaper and in the legal journal, if any, shall be deemed sufficient.
(b) Time of first publication.--
The first publication shall be at least 30 days prior to, and within three months immediately preceding, the introduction of the bill into the General Assembly.
(c) Content and signing of notice.--
The notice shall set forth the full title and the purposes of the bill, and shall be signed by one of the parties applying therefor.
(d) Filing proof of publication.--
Proof of publication in each newspaper and legal journal, verified by affidavit, shall be filed with the bill when it is introduced.
(e) Exception from notice requirement.--
Notice shall not be required to be given under this section of a proposal to repeal a local or special statute by any of the following:
(1) A general bill which codifies, compiles or revises the law or any part thereof.
(2) A bill which:
(i) only eliminates obsolete statutory provisions; and
(ii) makes specific reference in its title to that elimination.
(Oct. 30, 2001, P.L.815, No.79, eff. imd.)
2001 Amendment.
Act 79 amended subsecs. (a) and (e).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 11 - Statutory Provisions › Section 1103 - Preparation of statutes for printing

§ 1103. Preparation of statutes for printing.
The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau shall, as soon as any bill becomes a law, prepare the same for printing, cause the same to be printed immediately, and collate with and correct the proof sheets by the original rolls. He shall also have the statutes printed and indexed in book form as the Laws of Pennsylvania as early as possible succeeding each regular session of the General Assembly, for distribution in accordance with law.
Cross References.
Section 1103 is referred to in section 702 of Title 44 (Law and Justice).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 11 - Statutory Provisions › Section 1104 - Printing of amendatory statutes

§ 1104. Printing of amendatory statutes.
(a) General rule.--
The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau shall, in printing amendatory statutes, cause to be printed the section or part of the statute only as reenacted. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in the section or part of the law reenacted, the Director shall cause to be printed between brackets, the words, phrases, or provisions of the existing statute, if any, which have been stricken out or eliminated by the adoption of the amendment, and he shall cause to be printed in italics or with underscoring all new words, phrases or provisions, if any, which have been inserted into or added to the statute by the passage of such amendment.
(b) Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.--
In printing as much of any statute as adds an entire title, part, article, chapter, subchapter or other major subdivision to the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the Director shall cause such addition to be printed in Roman type without underscoring, and in printing as much of any statute as deletes or repeals an entire title, part, article, chapter, subchapter or other major subdivision of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the Director shall not cause to be printed the provisions which have been deleted or repealed unless the deletion or repeal was effected by the use of brackets.
(June 17, 1974, P.L.330, No.107, eff. imd.)
1974 Amendment.
Act 107 amended subsec. (b).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 11 - Statutory Provisions › Section 1106 - Prothonotaries to keep files of advance copies of statutes

§ 1106. Prothonotaries to keep files of advance copies of statutes.
The prothonotaries of the several counties shall file and keep in their offices, in such manner that they shall be accessible to the public during the office hours of the prothonotaries, advance copies of the statutes enacted at each session of the General Assembly, as such advance copies are furnished to them in accordance with law, until the statutes of such session as printed in the Laws of Pennsylvania are generally available.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 15 - General Provisions › Section 1502 - Application of part

§ 1502. Application of part.
(a) Direct application.--
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, the provisions of this part shall apply to the following unless the General Assembly or the agency adopting the document shall provide otherwise:
(i) Every statute finally enacted on or after September 1, 1937.
(ii) Every document codified in the Pennsylvania Code except legislative, judicial and home rule charter documents.
(2) The provisions of this chapter and of Chapter 17 of this title (relating to effective date of statutes) shall apply to every statute enacted by the General Assembly, whether under the authority of the Commonwealth or of the late Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania.
(b) Other applications.--
The provisions of this part shall apply to any public document to the extent such document refers to and incorporates therein the provisions of this part. The provisions of this part other than this chapter and Chapter 17 of this title (relating to effective date of statutes) shall apply to statutes finally enacted before September 1, 1937 to the extent that this part substantially reenacts or restates rules of construction enacted or in force prior to such date.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 15 - General Provisions › Section 1503 - Applicability of colonial law

§ 1503. Applicability of colonial law.
(a) English law.--
The common law and such of the statutes of England as were in force in the Province of Pennsylvania on May 14, 1776 and which were properly adapted to the circumstances of the inhabitants of this Commonwealth shall be deemed to have been in force in this Commonwealth from and after February 10, 1777.
(b) Provincial statutes.--
The statutes enacted on or before May 14, 1776 under the authority of the late Proprietaries of the Province of Pennsylvania have the same validity and effect as statutes enacted under the authority of this Commonwealth.
(c) Exceptions.--
The rules specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not be applicable to any statute or law which:
(1) has been heretofore or is hereafter amended or repealed or which has expired by its own limitation;
(2) orders the taking or subscribing any oath, affirmation or declaration of allegiance or fidelity to the British crown;
(3) acknowledges any authority in the heirs or devisees of William Penn, Esq., deceased, the former Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, or any other person whomsoever as Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania; or
(4) is repugnant to the Constitution of this Commonwealth or of the United States.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 15 - General Provisions › Section 1504 - Statutory remedy preferred over common law

§ 1504. Statutory remedy preferred over common law.
In all cases where a remedy is provided or a duty is enjoined or anything is directed to be done by any statute, the directions of the statute shall be strictly pursued, and no penalty shall be inflicted, or anything done agreeably to the common law, in such cases, further than shall be necessary for carrying such statute into effect.
Cross References.
Section 1504 is referred to in sections 708, 7541 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).