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2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 722 - Deposit of documents required

§ 722. Deposit of documents required.
(a) General rule.--
Two duplicate original copies, certified by the executive officer, chairman or secretary of the agency, or by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts or the clerk or prothonotary of the Supreme Court, in the case of a judicial document, of any document required or authorized to be published under this subchapter, shall be deposited with the Legislative Reference Bureau. If the bureau finds that such document has been approved as to legality, if such approval is required by 2 Pa.C.S. § 305 (relating to approval as to legality), and is in the form and format required by any applicable regulations promulgated under 2 Pa.C.S. § 306 (relating to format of regulations) or section 509 of this title (relating to format of documents), it shall file such document, assign thereto and indicate thereon a distinctive serial number, and indicate thereon the date and time of filing.
(b) Disposition of copies.--
Upon such filing one copy shall be immediately available for public inspection and copying under regulations promulgated by the joint committee, which copy shall be retained by the bureau for one year after the publication thereof, whereupon it shall be forwarded to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for preservation in the Commonwealth archives. The other copy shall be processed for publication as provided in this subchapter.
(c) Effect of failure to file.--
Every agency, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the clerk or prothonotary of the Supreme Court shall cause to be transmitted to the bureau for deposit as herein provided two certified duplicate original copies of all documents issued, prescribed or promulgated by the agency or the unified judicial system which are required by or pursuant to this subchapter or any other provision of law to be deposited or published, or both, under this part; in default of which any such document shall be effective only to the extent provided in section 903 (relating to effective date of documents). If an agency and the bureau disagree concerning the form or format of a document required or authorized to be deposited with the bureau, the agency may refer the matter to the joint committee, which shall resolve the conflict pursuant to the standards and procedures provided by section 723(a) (relating to processing of deposited documents).
(d) Home rule charter documents and optional plans of government.--
(Deleted by amendment).
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
2014
Amendment.
Act 133 amended subsecs. (b) and (c) and deleted subsec. (d).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 723 - Processing of deposited documents

§ 723. Processing of deposited documents.
(a) Review of deposited text.--
The bureau, or a qualified contractor selected by the bureau with the approval of the joint committee, may review any or all documents deposited with the bureau before they are released for publication, and may prepare in active cooperation with an agency a revised text of any document relating to the administrative regulations of the agency which conforms fully to the format established for the code, which eliminates all obsolete, unnecessary or unauthorized material, which has been prepared in such a manner as to lend to the published code as a whole uniformity of style and clarity of expression, and which does not effect any change in the substance of the deposited text of such regulations.
(b) Status of revised text.--
(Deleted by amendment).
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
Previously Filed Regulations.
Section 6 of Act 160 of 1976 provided that, notwithstanding section 723(b), an agency may file written objections with the joint committee within 60 days after receiving the revised text of any regulations not previously published in the Pennsylvania Code which were filed in the Legislative Reference Bureau prior to the enactment of Act 160.
Cross References.
Section 723 is referred to in section 722 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 724 - Preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin

§ 724. Preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(a) General rule.--
Except as provided in subsection (c), all documents required or authorized by section 702 (relating to contents of Pennsylvania Code) to be codified in the code, and all other documents required or authorized by section 725 (relating to additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin) to be published, shall be published in the first available issue of an official gazette, known as the "Pennsylvania Bulletin," published after the filing of such documents by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
(b) Frequency and format of bulletin.--
The following shall apply:
(1) The bulletin shall be published at least once each week and shall contain all previously unpublished documents duly filed prior to the closing date and hour of the issue, which date and hour shall appear upon the first page of such issue. All issues of the bulletin shall contain a table of contents. A cumulative index shall be published at least once each three months.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the joint committee may provide for different publication of the bulletin and indices as circumstances may require.
(3) There shall be published with each document under this section a notation of the date of filing thereof.
(c) Official synopsis.--
The joint committee may provide for the publication of an official synopsis of a document in the bulletin in lieu of the full text thereof in any case where the full text of such document will be published pursuant to section 726 (relating to permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code) within 120 days of the publication of such official synopsis.
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days; Nov. 5, 2021, P.L.427, No.82, eff. imd.)
2021 Amendment.
Act 82 amended subsec. (b). See section 1 of Act 82 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to findings and declarations.
2014 Amendment.
Act 133 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).
Cross References.
Section 724 is referred to in section 732 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 725 - Additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin

§ 725. Additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(a) General rule.
--Except as otherwise provided by regulations promulgated by the joint committee the following documents, if not otherwise required to be published by this part, shall be published in the bulletin:
(1) All proclamations and executive orders of the Governor, except such as have no general applicability and legal effect or are effective only against Commonwealth agencies or persons in their capacity as officers, agents or employees thereof.
(2) All agency notices directed to the public with respect to proceedings conducted under any statute the expense of the administration of which is by law assessed directly against the class of persons regulated or supervised thereunder.
(3) All agency documents which are required by law to be published, or the expense of publication of which is specially assumed by the agency filing such document.
(4) Any legislative document filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau pursuant to a resolution adopted by either House of the General Assembly.
(5) Any judicial document filed with the Legislative Reference Bureau by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
(6) Any other document or class of documents which the Governor, the joint committee or the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau may require or authorize to be published in the bulletin.
(b) Power to require publication of certain documents in the bulletin.
--Whenever the joint committee finds, after notice to the agency affected and opportunity for hearing, that public notice of any agency action or proceeding or class of actions or proceedings is required by due process of law, or in the discretion of the joint committee should otherwise be given for the information of the public, the joint committee may by regulation require the agency to prepare and deposit under this part notice of each such action or proceeding at such time and containing in each case such information as the regulations of the joint committee may require. If an agency fails to deposit a notice required pursuant to this subsection the action of the agency or the results of the proceeding shall not be valid for any purpose.
Cross References.
Section 725 is referred to in sections 724, 732 of this title; section 8502 of Title 24 (Education); section 5902 of Title 71 (State Government); sections 6121, 6131 of Title 74 (Transporation); sections 4908, 9206 of Title 75 (Vehicles).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 726 - Permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code

§ 726. Permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code.
(a) General rule.--
At least once each year all documents required or authorized pursuant to section 702 (relating to contents of Pennsylvania Code) to be codified in the code which have been filed with the bureau pursuant to this part shall be permanently integrated into the code by publication pursuant to section 721 (relating to publication of official codification). The index to the code shall be similarly supplemented.
(b) Annotations.--
The Legislative Reference Bureau may prepare, or may secure by contract, and incorporate into the permanent supplements to the code annotations of judicial decisions relating to any class of documents published in the code.
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
2014 Amendment.
Act 133 amended subsec. (a).
Cross References.
Section 726 is referred to in sections 724, 732 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 727 - Matter not required to be published

§ 727. Matter not required to be published.
Except as otherwise provided by regulations promulgated by the joint committee, whenever a document incorporates by reference any portion of the text of any of the following publications the Legislative Reference Bureau, unless the agency specifies otherwise in its order adopting the document, shall omit the text of such incorporated material from the text of the document as published in the code, the permanent supplements thereto, and the bulletin:
(1) Statutes at Large.
(2) United States Code.
(3) Laws of Pennsylvania.
(4) Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes.
(5) Code of Federal Regulations.
(6) Federal Register.
(7) Any uniform system of accounts published by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
(8) Any generally available standard published by any of the standardizing organizations listed in United States Department of Commerce Miscellaneous Publication 288, issued August 1, 1967, or supplements thereto or reissues thereof.
(9) Any other generally available publication approved by the bureau.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 728 - Matter not permitted to be published

§ 728. Matter not permitted to be published.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part no press release, speech, or other unofficial comments or news material shall be published in the code, the permanent supplements thereto, or in the bulletin.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 729 - Publication of individual documents

§ 729. Publication of individual documents.
(a) General rule.
--The code and the permanent supplements thereto shall be published pursuant to typographical and contractual arrangements which shall ensure to every agency and the unified judicial system an opportunity to procure at reasonable cost individually printed pamphlet copies of the regulations, statements of policy, general rules and rules of court of such agency or the unified judicial system published by authority of this part.
(b) Approval required for special format.
--No administrative regulation, statement of policy, general rule or rule of court published in the code or the permanent supplement thereto shall be reset or otherwise reprinted at public expense upon a format distinct from that of the code without a certification by the joint committee that such special format is necessary for the effective performance by the agency or the unified judicial system of its functions.
Cross References.
Section 729 is referred to in sections 505, 732 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 730 - Pricing and distribution of published documents

§ 730. Pricing and distribution of published documents.
The prices to be charged for individual copies of and subscriptions to the code, the permanent supplements thereto and the bulletin, for reprints and bound volumes thereof and for pamphlet regulations, statements of policy, general rules and rules of court, which prices may be fixed without reference to the restrictions placed upon and fixed for the sale of other publications of the Commonwealth, and the number of copies which shall be distributed free for official use, shall be set by regulations promulgated by the joint committee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may provide for volume discounts available to established law book publishers who agree to incorporate fully the code, the permanent supplements thereto and the bulletin into their general scheme of promotion and distribution and may provide for the free reciprocal exchange of publications between this Commonwealth and other states and foreign jurisdictions and for the free distribution upon request of every publication printed under authority of this part to each:
(1) County for the use of its law library.
(2) (Deleted by amendment).
(3) (Deleted by amendment).
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
2014 Amendment.
Act 133 amended the intro. par. and deleted pars. (2) and (3).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 731 - Automatic subscriptions (Deleted by amendment)

§ 731. Automatic subscriptions (Deleted by amendment).
2014 Amendment. Section 731 was deleted by amendment September 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, effective in 60 days.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 732 - Required contractual arrangements

§ 732. Required contractual arrangements.
(a) General rule.--
The following shall be published by the bureau or by a contractor under subsection (b):
(1) the code;
(2) the permanent supplements thereto published pursuant to section 726 (relating to permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code);
(3) pamphlet copies of regulations, statements of policy, general rules and rules of court published pursuant to section 729 (relating to publication of individual documents); and
(4) the bulletin (unless the application of this section to the bulletin is found to be impracticable by the joint committee after notice in the bulletin and opportunity for hearing) published pursuant to section 724 (relating to preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin) and section 725 (relating to additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin).
(b) Selection of contractor.--
A contract under subsection (a) shall be given in one of the following manners:
(1) After reasonable public invitation for proposals, to the lowest responsible bidder below such maximum price and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the joint committee.
(2) After investigation and public hearing by the joint committee, to a sole source contractor selected by the joint committee.
(c) Conflict of interest.--
No officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall be in any way interested in any purchase made by the Commonwealth under any such contract or otherwise.
(d) Definitions.--
(Deleted by amendment).
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
2014 Amendment.
Act 133 amended subsecs. (a) and (b) and deleted subsec. (d).
Cross References.
Section 732 is referred to in section 503 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents › Section 741 - Electronic publication of municipal codes

§ 741. Electronic publication of municipal codes.
(a) Authorization.--
In accordance with the act of May 29, 1935 (P.L.244, No.102), referred to as the Local Government Commission Law, the Local Government Commission may, in addition to or in lieu of printed publication and distribution, publish, maintain and update electronic copies of the following:
(1) The act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), known as The Third Class City Code.
(2) The act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code.
(3) The act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code.
(4) The act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code.
(5) The act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code.
(b) Availability.--
Publications under subsection (a) shall be available on an Internet website maintained by the commission in a secure format accessible to the public and shall be updated within 60 days of the enactment of any amendment.
References in Text.
The act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), known as The Third Class City Code, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was repealed by the act of November 24, 2015 (P.L.242, No.67). The subject matter is now contained in Part V of Title 11 (Cities).
The act of February 1, 1966 (1965 P.L.1656, No.581), known as The Borough Code, referred to in subsec. (a)(5), was repealed by the act of April 18, 2014 (P.L.432, No.37). The subject matter is now contained in Part I of Title 8 (Boroughs).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 9 - Effectiveness of Documents › Section 901 - Official text of published documents

§ 901. Official text of published documents.
(a) General rule.--
The official text, as published as provided in Subchapter B of Chapter 7 (relating to publication of documents), of any document required or authorized to be published in the code, the permanent supplements thereto, or the bulletin, shall from the date of such publication be the only valid and enforceable text of such document regardless of any discrepancy between such official text and the agency text of such document. Thereafter any amendment to such document shall be drawn as an amendment to the official text thereof. If an agency discovers a discrepancy between the agency text and the official text of a document, the agency shall forthwith deposit, without regard to the requirements of 2 Pa.C.S. § 301 (relating to notice of proposed rule making) and 2 Pa.C.S. § 302 (relating to adoption of administrative regulations) with the Legislative Reference Bureau an appropriate corrective amendment to the official text, and the agency may specify that such amendment shall be effective as of the effective date of the defective official text, but only persons who have had actual knowledge of the discrepancy shall be affected by such amendment prior to the publication of the official text thereof in the manner prescribed in this part. The purpose of this section is to permit the public to rely absolutely upon the correctness of the text of a regulation, statement of policy or other document as published in the code, the supplements thereto, or the bulletin by declaring such published text to be the only legal evidence of the valid and enforceable text of such regulation, statement of policy or other document.
(b) Home rule charter documents and optional plans of government.--
(Deleted by amendment).
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
2014 Amendment.
Act 133 deleted subsec. (b).
Cross References.
Section 901 is referred to in section 902 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 9 - Effectiveness of Documents › Section 902 - Certification of official text

§ 902. Certification of official text.
Each title or part of the code and each permanent supplement thereto shall contain a certificate by the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau that such title or part or permanent supplement thereto contains all documents required pursuant to section 702 (relating to contents of Pennsylvania Code) to be codified therein officially filed for public inspection prior to the closing date of such permanent supplement, by the government unit or units to which such title or part relates, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of such fact in the case of documents issued, prescribed or promulgated by an agency. If an agency discovers an omission in such title or part, such omission shall be governed by the provisions of section 901 (relating to official text of published documents).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 9 - Effectiveness of Documents › Section 903 - Effective date of documents

§ 903. Effective date of documents.
No otherwise valid document which is required by or pursuant to this part or by any other provision of law to be published under this part, shall be valid as against any person who has not had actual knowledge thereof until such publication has been effected. Publication shall be deemed to have been effected upon the deposit of the bulletin or the permanent supplement to the code containing such document in the United States mail for distribution. The issue date of the bulletin and of the permanent supplement to the code shall be the day of such deposit, and, in the case of the bulletin, such date shall be indicated prominently upon the first page of each issue thereof.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
Cross References.
Section 903 is referred to in sections 722, 906 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 9 - Effectiveness of Documents › Section 904 - Constructive notice

§ 904. Constructive notice.
Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute other than a provision of this title, the publication under this part of any document required or authorized by this part to be so published shall, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in law, be sufficient to give notice of the contents of such document to any person subject thereto or affected thereby.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 9 - Effectiveness of Documents › Section 905 - Presumptions created

§ 905. Presumptions created.
The publication in the code, the permanent supplements thereto, or the bulletin of any document shall create a rebuttable presumption:
(1) That it was duly issued, prescribed or promulgated.
(2) (Deleted by amendment).
(3) That there has been compliance with all of the following applicable to such document:
(i) Section 612 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929.
(ii) The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents Law.
(iii) Sections 204(b) and 301(10) of the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act.
(iv) The act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act.
(v) This part.
(vi) 1 Pa. Code Pt. I (relating to Joint Committee on Documents).
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 9 - Effectiveness of Documents › Section 906 - Reasonable notice of hearing

§ 906. Reasonable notice of hearing.
Whenever notice of hearing or of opportunity to be heard is required or authorized to be given by the Commonwealth government by or under any statute, or may otherwise properly be given, the notice, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in law, shall be deemed to have been given to all persons residing within this Commonwealth, and to all persons owning or having any interest in any property situated within the limits thereof, if said notice shall be published in the bulletin at such time that the period between the date of publication as specified in section 903(a) (relating to effective date of documents) and the date fixed in such notice for the hearing or for the termination of the opportunity to be heard shall be:
(1) not less than the time specified for the publication of the notice by the appropriate statute; or
(2) not less than 15 days when no time for publication is specified by statute, without prejudice, however, to the effectiveness of any notice of less than 15 days where such shorter period is reasonable.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 45 - LEGAL NOTICES › Chapter 9 - Effectiveness of Documents › Section 907 - Additional notice unnecessary

§ 907. Additional notice unnecessary.
(a) General rule.
--Except with respect to the time specified for the publication of notice, the publication by the Commonwealth government of any notice in the manner provided by this part shall constitute full compliance with law notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any statute.
(b) Additional notice if not prohibited.
--Nothing in this part shall prohibit the Commonwealth government from giving notice in such manner, or if notice has been given in the manner prescribed by this part, in such supplemental manner, as is not inconsistent with regulations promulgated by the joint committee with respect to Commonwealth agencies.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 46 - LEGISLATURE › Chronological History

Provision Affected
How Affected
By Law, Decision or Rule
Title 46
Title
Added
Nov. 25, 1970, P.L.707, No.230
§ 1101 and Pt. II and Ch. 11
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1101 and Pt. II and Ch. 11
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1102
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1102
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1103
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1103
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1104
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1104
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1105
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1105
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1106
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1106
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1107
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1107
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1107
Unconstitutional
905 A.2d 918, Supreme (2006)
§ 1301 and Ch. 13
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1301 and Ch. 13
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
§ 1302
Added
Jul. 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44
§ 1302
Repealed
Nov. 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 46 - LEGISLATURE › Chapter 11 -   Compensation (Repealed) › Section 1101 - § 1107 - (Repealed)

2005 Repeal Note.
Part II (Chapters 11 - 13) was added July 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44, and repealed November 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72, effective immediately. Similar subject matter is now contained in the act of September 30, 1983, P.L.160, No.39, known as the Public Official Compensation Law.
PART II
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(Repealed)
Chapter
11. Compensation (Repealed) 13. Officers and Leaders (Repealed)
CHAPTER 11
COMPENSATION
(Repealed)
2005 Repeal Note.
Chapter 11 (§§ 1101 - 1107) was added July 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44, and repealed November 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72, effective immediately. Similar subject matter is now contained in the act of September 30, 1983, P.L.160, No.39, known as the Public Official Compensation Law.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 46 - LEGISLATURE › Chapter 13 -   Officers and Leaders (Repealed) › Section 1301 - § 1302 - (Repealed)

2005 Repeal Note.
Chapter 13 (§§ 1301 - 1302) was added July 7, 2005, P.L.201, No.44, and repealed November 16, 2005, P.L.385, No.72, effective immediately. Similar subject matter is now contained in the act of September 30, 1983, P.L.160, No.39, known as the Public Official Compensation Law.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chronological History

Provision Affected
How Affected
By Law, Decision or Rule
Title 48
Title (Reserved)
Added
Nov. 25, 1970, P.L.707, No.230
Title hdg.
Amended
Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.816, No.271
§ 101 Part I (Reserved)
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1101 Ch. 11 (Reserved) and Part II
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1301 and Ch. 13 and Subch. A
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1301 defs. of "campground owner" and "recreational campground"
Added
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1311 and Subch. B
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1311 hdg., (a), (b)(1), (c)(1)(i), (d), (e) and (f) amended and (g) def. of "lodging establishment" (5) added
Amended or added
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1321 and Subch. C
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1321
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1322
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1322 (a) and (b)(1)
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1323
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1323 (a) intro. par. and (1)
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1324
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1324
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1325
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1325
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1326
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1326
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1327
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1327
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1328
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1328 (a), (c) and (d)
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1329
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1329 (a)
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1330
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1330 (a) and (b)
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1331
Added
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1341 Subch. D (Reserved)
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1351 and Subch. E
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1351 hdg. and (a)
Amended
Jun. 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33
§ 1352
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
§ 1353
Added
Jun. 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Extra - Title Notes

Enactment.
Unless otherwise noted, the provisions of Title 48 were added June 23, 2016, P.L.365,
            No.51, effective in 60 days.
Enactment.
Part I (Reserved) was added June 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51, effective in 60 days.
Enactment.
Part II was added June 23, 2016, P.L.365, No.51, effective in 60 days.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Extra - Appendix To Title

APPENDIX TO TITLE 48
LODGING AND HOUSING
Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes
2016, JUNE 23, P.L.365, NO.51
§ 3. Continuation of prior law.
(1) The addition of 48 Pa.C.S. Ch. 13 is a continuation of the following:
(i) The act of May 7, 1855 (P.L.479, No.509), entitled "An act to protect Keepers of Hotels, Inns and Boarding Houses."
(ii) The act of June 12, 1913 (P.L.481, No.318), entitled "An act relating to inns and hotels; regulating certain rights and liabilities of hotelkeepers and innkeepers; and providing penalties for fraud against innkeepers and hotelkeepers."
(iii) Section 3.3 of the act of April 27, 1927 (P.L.465, No.299), referred to as the Fire and Panic Act.
(iv) Section 404(4) of the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951.
(v) The act of August 19, 1953 (P.L.1083, No.285), entitled "An act requiring owners and operators of tourist camps having heated cabins to provide adequate chimneys or escape vents for harmful gases, and imposing penalties."
(vi) The act of October 30, 1996 (P.L.732, No.131), known as the Pennsylvania Innkeepers' Rights Act.
(vii) Sections 3(b) and 5 of the act of June 22, 2000 (P.L.339, No.39), known as the Infant Crib Safety Act.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in 48 Pa.C.S. Ch. 13, all activities initiated under the statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1) shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 48 Pa.C.S. Ch. 13. Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1) and which are in effect on the effective date of section 2 of this act shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified under 48 Pa.C.S. Ch. 13. Contracts, obligations and collective bargaining agreements entered into under the statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of the statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) Any difference in language between 48 Pa.C.S. Ch. 13 and the statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1) is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administration and implementation of the statutory provisions referred to in paragraph (1).
Explanatory
Note.
Act 51 added Parts I (Reserved) and II of Title 48.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1301 - Definitions

§ 1301. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Campground owner."
A person or entity which owns a recreational campground. The term shall not include the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
"Hotelkeeper."
Except for a time-share arrangement, a person or entity providing lodging, accommodations, facilities or privileges or services at the following:
(1) a hotel, motel, inn, resort, guest house or bed and breakfast establishment;
(2) a building, other than one listed under paragraph (1), which is held out by any means, including advertising, license, registration with a hotelkeepers' group, convention listing association, travel publication or similar association or with a government agency, as being available to provide overnight lodging or use of facility space for consideration to persons seeking temporary accommodation;
(3) a place that advertises to the public that it will provide beds, sanitary facilities or other space for a temporary period to members of the public; or
(4) a place recognized as a hostelry, except for portions of a facility which are devoted to persons who have established permanent residence.
The term shall include the proprietor of a hotel, inn or boardinghouse.
"Recreational campground."
A lodging establishment organized to accommodate five or more separate, designated campsites for shelter in either privately owned or campground-owned lodging. The property may include amenities, such as site-specific electric and sewer hookups, public bath houses, convenience stores, recreational areas and pools. The campground may permit seasonal sites. Seasonal guests shall not be required to have month-to-month agreements. Approved guests may leave their trailer on the site throughout the year but may not maintain a permanent residence. The term shall not include a recreational vehicle or tent campsite in a State park.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2020 Amendment.
Act 33 added the defs. of "campground owner" and "recreational campground."
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1321 - Notice to boarders to secure rooms, campground-ownded lodging and other personal property

§ 1321. Notice to boarders to secure rooms, campground-owned lodging and other personal property.
If a hotelkeeper or campground owner posts in a conspicuous place notice requiring the guest or boarder to secure the room, campground-owned lodging occupied by the guest or boarder or other personal property, or, in leaving the room, campground-owned lodging or personal property to secure the property and to deposit the key with the hotelkeeper, campground owner or the clerk at the office, the hotelkeeper or campground owner shall not be liable for any baggage or personal property of the guest or boarder which may be stolen from the room, or campground-owned lodging if the guest or boarder shall neglect to do so. In order to avoid liability, the hotelkeeper or campground owner must clearly establish the fact of the room or campground-owned lodging having been left unbolted or unlocked by the guest or boarder at the time of the loss of the baggage.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1322 - Lien, warrant, sale and right of redemption

§ 1322. Lien, warrant, sale and right of redemption.
(a) Lien.--
A hotelkeeper or campground owner within this Commonwealth shall have a lien upon the goods, baggage or personal property belonging to a guest or boarder of a hotel or campground-owned lodging for the amount of indebtedness contracted for boarding and lodging for a period of time not exceeding two weeks. The hotelkeeper or campground owner may detain the goods and baggage until the amount of indebtedness is paid.
(b) Public sale.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), after the detention of goods under subsection (a) for three months, the hotelkeeper or campground owner may apply to a magisterial district judge to publicly sell the goods and baggage. At least 10 days' notice of the public sale must be placed in at least three public places in the ward of the city or borough or in the township where the inn, hotel, boardinghouse or recreational campground is located. The owner of the goods and baggage shall receive the balance of the proceeds of the public sale, minus all costs and the amount of indebtedness.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the owner of the goods and baggage shall have the right to redeem the goods and baggage as follows:
(i) At any time within the three months of detention, upon paying the amount of the indebtedness.
(ii) At any time previous to the public sale, upon paying the amount of the indebtedness and any additional costs established under law.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2020 Amendment.
Act 33 amended subsecs. (a) and (b)(1).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1323 - Liability for property loss or damage

§ 1323. Liability for property loss or damage.
(a) General rule.--
Except as provided in subsection (b) and section 1324 (relating to special arrangements for safe deposit of valuables), no hotelkeeper or campground owner, whether individual, partnership or corporation, shall be liable for loss or damage to property suffered by a guest, unless the hotelkeeper or campground owner fails to constantly maintain any of the following:
(1) A metal safe or vault in good order and fit for custody of money, bank notes, jewelry, gold or silver articles, precious stones, personal ornaments, railroad mileage books or tickets, negotiable or valuable papers and bullion. This paragraph shall not apply to campground owners.
(2) Suitable locks, bolts and fastenings on the doors, transoms and windows of the sleeping rooms used by guests.
(3) A copy of this section, posted and printed in distinct type in not fewer than 10 conspicuous places throughout the hotel or inn.
(b) Exception.--
Notwithstanding compliance with subsection (a), a hotelkeeper is liable for property loss or damage if a guest delivers property for custody in the safe or vault and the hotelkeeper omits or refuses to accept it, deposit it in the safe or vault or provide the guest with a receipt, except that a hotelkeeper is not:
(1) obliged to receive from any one guest property exceeding a total value of $300; or
(2) liable for an amount in excess of $300, whether or not the property was actually received.
(c) Definitions.--
The following words and phrases when used in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Hotel."
The term includes apartment hotels.
"Hotelkeeper."
The term includes apartment hotelkeepers.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2020 Amendment.
Act 33 amended subsec. (a) intro. par. and (1).
Cross References.
Section 1323 is referred to in sections 1324, 1326 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1324 - Special arrangements for safe deposit of valuables

§ 1324. Special arrangements for safe deposit of valuables.
Notwithstanding section 1323 (relating to liability for property loss or damage), a hotelkeeper or campground owner may, by special arrangement with a guest, receive any property for deposit in the safe or vault upon terms as to which the parties agree in writing, but the hotelkeeper or campground owner shall be liable for property loss or damage after the articles have been accepted for deposit, if the loss or damage is caused by theft or negligence of the hotelkeeper or campground owner.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
Cross References.
Section 1324 is referred to in sections 1323, 1326 of this title.
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1325 - Duty of guest

§ 1325. Duty of guest.
It shall be the duty of every guest, and of anyone intending to be a guest, of any hotel, inn or recreational campground, upon delivering to the hotelkeeper of the hotel or inn or the campground owner, or a servant or employee, baggage or other property of the guest for safekeeping elsewhere than in the room or site assigned to the guest, to demand of the hotelkeeper or campground owner a check or receipt for the property to evidence the fact of delivery.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1326 - Other liability

§ 1326. Other liability.
(a) Depository liability.--
Except as provided in subsection (b), the liability of the hotelkeeper or campground owner, whether individual, partnership or corporation, for property loss or damage to a guest other than that described in sections 1323 (relating to liability for property loss or damage) and 1324 (relating to special arrangements for safe deposit of valuables) shall be that of a depository for hire.
(b) Exception.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the hotelkeeper or campground owner shall not be liable in the case of loss or damage caused by a fire not intentionally produced by the hotelkeeper or campground owner.
(c) Limitation of liability.--
Unless the hotelkeeper or campground owner has consented in writing to assume a greater liability, in no case shall liability under this section exceed $150 for each trunk and its contents, $50 for each valise and its contents, $10 for each box, bundle or package and its contents and $50 for all other miscellaneous effects, including wearing apparel and personal belongings.
(d) Persons other than guests.--
A hotelkeeper or campground owner may hold baggage or property at the risk of the owner if:
(1) The owner has forwarded the baggage or property to the inn or hotel or recreational campground before becoming a guest and the baggage or property has been received into the inn or hotel or recreational campground.
(2) The owner has allowed baggage or property to remain in the inn or hotel or recreational campground after leaving as a guest and after the relationship between the hotelkeeper or campground owner and the guest has ceased.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1327 - Exemption from levy or sale

§ 1327. Exemption from levy or sale.
The personal property of a guest at an inn or a hotel or recreational campground, or of a boarder at a boardinghouse where the property is in the exclusive use of the boarder, when located on premises occupied by the guest or boarder, shall be exempt from levy and sale on distress for rent.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1328 - Baggage

§ 1328. Baggage.
(a) Hotelkeeper and campground owner lien.--
A hotelkeeper or campground owner, whether individual, partnership or corporation, shall have a lien on baggage and other property located in and about the inn, hotel or campground-owned lodging and belonging to or under the control of a guest or boarder for the proper charges due for accommodation, board and lodging and for all money paid for or advanced to the guest or boarder.
(b) Limitation.--
The amount of a lien under subsection (a) shall not exceed $200.
(c) Right of hotelkeeper and campground owner.--
The hotelkeeper or campground owner may detain the baggage and other property until the amount of any charges due has been paid.
(d) Exemption from attachment and execution.--
Baggage and other property shall be exempt from attachment or execution until the hotelkeeper's or campground owner's lien and the cost of satisfying it are satisfied.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2020 Amendment.
Act 33 amended subsecs. (a), (c) and (d).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1329 - Baggage sale requirements

§ 1329. Baggage sale requirements.
(a) Public auction.--
The hotelkeeper or campground owner shall retain the baggage or other property upon which a lien exists for a period of 30 days, after which, if the lien is not satisfied, the baggage or other property may be sold at public auction.
(b) Notice.--
Notice of the public auction under subsection (a) shall be provided by:
(1) providing a minimum of 10 days' notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the inn or hotel is situated; and
(2) mailing a copy of the notice, addressed to the guest or boarder at the place of residence recorded in the register of the inn or hotel.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2020 Amendment.
Act 33 amended subsec. (a).
2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 48 - LODGING AND HOUSING › Chapter 13 - Hotels › Section 1330 - Sale proceeds

§ 1330. Sale proceeds.
(a) Duty of hotelkeeper or campground owner.--
After satisfying the lien and any costs that may accrue, any residue remaining shall be paid to the guest or boarder:
(1) on demand within six months; or
(2) if there is no demand, within six months from the date of the sale.
(b) Deposit of residual funds.--
The residue shall be deposited by the hotelkeeper or campground owner with the treasurer of the county in which the inn or hotel or recreational campground is situated, together with a statement of the claim of the hotelkeeper or campground owner, the costs of enforcing the claim, a copy of the published public auction notice and a report of amounts received for the goods sold at the auction.
(c) Duty of county treasurer.--
The county treasurer shall credit the residue to the general revenue fund of the county, subject to the right of the guest or boarder to reclaim it within three years of the date of deposit with the treasurer.
(June 5, 2020, P.L.250, No.33, eff. 60 days)
2020 Amendment.
Act 33 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).