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Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.502 - Conference report on House bill

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Prior Printer's Nos. Printer's No.
Report of the Committee of Conference
on House Bill No.
___
___
To the Members of the House of Representatives and
						  Senate:
We, the undersigned, Committee of Conference on the
						  part of the House of Representatives and Senate for the purpose of considering
						  House Bill No. , entitled: "An act . . . . ," respectfully submit the following
						  bill as our report:
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
(Committee on the part of the House of
						  Representatives.)
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
(Committee on the part of the
						  Senate.)
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.505 - Subpoena issued by legislative committee

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SS:
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
To ____________ , ____________ and
______________________________________
WE COMMAND YOU AND EACH OF YOU, That laying aside all
						  business and excuses whatsoever, you and each of you be and appear before a
						  Committee of the Senate (House of Representatives) (Joint Committee of the
						  General Assembly) of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to (state purpose
						  briefly) at their office in
___
on
___
the
___
day of
___
, 19
__
, between the hours of
___
and
___
o'clock in the
___
noon of said day, to testify truth and give evidence in
						  the investigation before the committee then and there to be heard, bringing
						  with you the following books, papers and records
____________
in pursuance of a resolution passed by the Senate
						  (House of Representatives) (concurrent resolution passed by both Houses of the
						  General Assembly) adopted
___
, 19
___
, Senate (House) Resolution No.
___ ,
Wherein fail not, under the penalty which may
						  ensue.
WITNESS my hand and seal at
___
the
___
day of
___
, 19
___ .
____________
(SEAL)
Chairman of Committee.
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I certify that I served the within SUBPOENA on each of
						  the following named witnesses by personally making known to them the contents
						  thereof on the ___ day of ___ , 19 ___ . So answers ____________
_________________________
_________________________
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
						  ______________________________________
___ day of
____________ , 1984
____________
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.507 - Citation for contempt of legislative committee

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A RESOLUTION
Citing Angelo J. Carcaci for contempt for refusal to
						  answer questions of select committee to investigate administration of
						  justice.
WHEREAS, The select committee to investigate the
						  administration of justice, pursuant to House Resolution No. 21, Printer's No.
						  291, of the 168th regular session of the General Assembly, is authorized to
						  hold hearings and to issue subpoenas on matters relating to law enforcement and
						  the administration of justice for legislative purposes; and
WHEREAS, In accordance with the procedure and scope of
						  authority set forth in House Resolution No. 21, the select committee duly
						  scheduled a hearing at 10 a.m. on March 5, 1984, in a continuing investigation
						  of the activities of members of the Pennsylvania State Police; and
WHEREAS, Previous testimony adduced by the committee
						  dictated further inquiry into the administration of justice and law enforcement
						  and the activities of Lieutenant Angelo J. Carcaci with respect to the years
						  1981, 1982, and 1983; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Angelo J. Carcaci was called to
						  testify at the time and place set forth but refused on advice of counsel to
						  answer every question asked of him by the committee's counsel and by the
						  individual members of the committee even though directed and ordered to answer
						  the questions by the chairman of the committee; and
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Angelo J. Carcaci gave no legal
						  reason nor did he invoke his constitutional right of self-incrimination for
						  refusing to answer the questions; and
WHEREAS, The House of Representatives takes cognizance
						  of the finding of the select committee that the defiance of the committee is
						  contemptuous; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That pursuant to the authority granted under
						  section 11 of Article II of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and Rule No. 51 of
						  the Rules of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with the act of
						  June 13, 1842 (P. L. 491, No. 19), (61),
						  the House of Representatives direct the Speaker of the House to instruct the
						  Sergeant-at-Arms to bring Angelo J. Carcaci before the bar of the House by
						  attachment forthwith; and be it further
RESOLVED, That if Angelo J. Carcaci continues in his
						  refusal to answer questions propounded to him by the committee, that he be
						  committed to the prison of Dauphin County until November 30, 1984, unless he
						  sooner purges himself of such contempt by appearing and testifying before the
						  select committee appointed pursuant to House Resolution No.
						  21.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.508 - Notice of local or special bill

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Notice is hereby given that, during the regular session
						  of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to be held in the
						  year 1984, there will be introduced a bill entitled "An act repealing the act
						  of May 1, 1913 (P. L. 131, No. 88), entitled An act to prohibit the killing of
						  foxes by certain methods in Delaware County, and fixing a penalty for violation
						  of the act,' in so far as it relates to Delaware County."
The object of the bill is to repeal the provisions of
						  the special law prohibiting the shooting, trapping, snaring or poisoning of
						  foxes within the limits of Delaware County and by the repeal to have these
						  practices conform to the general laws relating thereto.
______________________________________
William Z. Scott
Senator, 14th District
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.509 - Proof of publication of notice

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PROOF OF PUBLICATION
This is to certify that the above notice was published
						  in the ___ once a week for four successive weeks on the following dates:
						  ______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
Publisher
Sworn and subscribed.
						  ______________________________________
before me this ___
						  ______________________________________
day of ___, 1984
Address
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.510 - Writ for special election of member

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, SS:
To Honorable William R. Davis, Secretary of the
						  Commonwealth, and to John J. Kane, Harry W. Fowler and John M. Walker,
						  constituting the Board of Elections of the County of Allegheny:
GREETING: WHEREAS, A vacancy exists in the office of
						  Representative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Eighth Legislative
						  District of the County of Allegheny, caused by reason of the death
						  (resignation) of Albert M. Bell, one of the representatives (the
						  representative) from said district, on February 28, 1984.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, K. Leroy Irvis, Speaker of the House
						  of Representatives, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
						  of Pennsylvania and by the Statute in such case made and provided, do hereby
						  command you: That you cause an election to be held in the Eighth Legislative
						  District of the County of Allegheny on November 3, 1984, to choose a person to
						  represent the Legislative District in the House of Representatives of
						  Pennsylvania for the remainder of the term expiring December 1, 1984, and that
						  you give due and public notice of the election throughout the District, in the
						  form and manner directed by law.
Given under my hand and the seal of the House of
						  Representatives at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this ___ day of ___ A.D.
						  1984.
ATTEST:
____________
____________
Chief Clerk of the House of
									 Representatives
Speaker of the House of
									 Representatives
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SS:
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
____________ being duly sworn according to law,
						  says:
That he resides at ___ , ___ County,
						  Pennsylvania.
That he is a Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of
						  Representatives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, specially deputized.
That he served on the Honorable William R. Davis,
						  Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the ___ day of___ , 1984, at
						  ___ o'clock ___ , at his office in the Capitol Building, in Harrisburg, a writ
						  for a special election for the office of Representative in the General Assembly
						  for the Eighth Legislative District of the County of Allegheny, by command of
						  the Honorable K. Leroy Irvis, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
						  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
_________________________
Sergeant-at-Arms
Sworn and subscribed to
before me this ___
day of ___
, 1984
____________
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.512 - Affidavit of service on board of elections

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SS:
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
____________ , being duly sworn according to law,
						  says:
That he resides at ____________ , ____________ County,
						  Pennsylvania.
That he is a Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of
						  Representatives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, specially deputized.
That he served on the Board of Elections of Allegheny
						  County, on the ___ day of ___ , 1984, at ___ o'clock, at its office in
						  Pittsburgh, a writ for a special election for the office of Representative in
						  the General Assembly for the Eighth Legislative District of the County of
						  Allegheny, by command of the Honorable K. Leroy Irvis, Speaker of the House of
						  Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
____________
Sergeant-at-Arms
Sworn and subscribed to
before me this ___
day of ___ , 1984
____________
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.513 - Referendum to determine will of electorate

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AN ACT
Providing for a referendum to determine the will of
						  the electorate with respect to replacing the Pennsylvania State Liquor Store
						  system with a private enterprise system.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
						  Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows.
Section
						1. Referendum.
At the municipal election to be held in 1985, there
						  shall be submitted a question to determine the will of the electorate in regard
						  to replacing the Pennsylvania State Liquor Store system with a private
						  enterprise system. The question shall be in substantially the following
						  form:
Do you favor replacing the Pennsylvania State Liquor
						  Store system with a private enterprise system?
Section 2. Conduct of election.
The election shall be conducted in accordance with the
						  act of June 3, 1937 (P. L. 1333, No. 320), known as the Pennsylvania Election
						  Code, except that the time limits for advertisement of notice of the election
						  may be waived as to the question.
Section
						3. Results of election.
The results of the election shall be tabulated in the
						  manner provided by law and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall certify them
						  to the Governor, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Section 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect
						  immediately.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.514 - Statute effective if approved by referendum

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Section 1. Section 1102 of Title 18 of the
						Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is amended to read:
* * *
Section
						2. At the municipal election to be held in 1985, there shall be
						submitted a question to determine the will of the electorate in regard to the
						retention of capital punishment. The question shall be in substantially the
						following form:
* * *
Section
						4. In addition to any other requirements concerning the
						certification of results of elections, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
						certify the results of the election to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Section 5.
(a) Section 1 shall take effect 30 days
						following the municipal election in 1985 if a majority of those voting on the
						question vote in favor of the retention of capital punishment in this
						Commonwealth. Otherwise, it shall not take effect.
(b) The remaining provisions of this act
						shall take effect immediately.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL › Chapter 19 - FORMS › Subchapter G - MISCELLANEOUS FORMS › GENERAL › Section 19.515 - Staggered terms for board members

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Section 5. State Board of Medical Technician
						  Examiners.
(a) Establishment.-There
						shall be a departmental administrative board in the Department of State to be
						known as the State Board of Medical Technician Examiners, to consist of three
						members appointed by the Governor, with the consent of two-thirds of the
						members elected to the Senate.
(b)
						Terms of office.-Members shall serve for terms of six years. The members first
						appointed shall serve terms as follows: one for two years, one for four years
						and one for six years.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter A - INTRODUCTION › Section 21.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this subpart,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Bureau
-The Legislative Reference
						Bureau.
Revision or revision bill
-The text of a
						bill to amend or add provisions to the Statutes.
Statutes or Pa.C.S.
-The Consolidated
						Pennsylvania Statutes (act of November 25, 1970 (P. L. 707, No.
						230)).
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This Subpart shall be known and may be cited as the
						"Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Style Manual."
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(a)
Bills originated by the
					 Bureau.
-This Subpart sets forth the style manual which will be
					 followed by the Bureau in the discharge of its powers and duties under
					 1
					 Pa.C.S. §
												306 (relating to bills to
					 amend the Consolidated Statutes) and under the penultimate and last sentences
					 of section 7 of the act of May 7, 1923 (P. L. 158, No. 119) (46 P. S. §
												457) in drafting on its own initiative bills
					 amending or adding provisions to the Pennsylvania Consolidated
					 Statutes.
(b)
Bills not
					 originated by the Bureau.
-Bills not drafted by the Bureau which amend
					 or add provisions to the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes will be revised
					 automatically to conform to this Subpart during preparation in the Bureau for
					 introduction, unless the member of the General Assembly request- ing the bill
					 indicates specifically that preparation on a nonuniform format is
					 desired.
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(a)
Preliminary determination by
					 Bureau.
-Pursuant to 1 Pa.S. § 306 (relating to bills to amend the
					 Consolidated Statutes), 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 the
					 Statutes or in the form of an original enactment or amendment to another
					 statute and shall draft the bill according to such determination.
(b)
Duty of persons submitting
					 requests.
-Pursuant to 1 Pa.S. § 306, agencies and persons
					 submitting requests for bills to amend the Statutes shall allow the Bureau
					 sufficient time to make the necessary review and revisions 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)
Rules and
					 regulations.
-The Bureau is authorized by
					 1
					 Pa.C.S. §
												306 to adopt and enforce
					 rules, regulations, instructions and forms to carry out its powers and duties
					 under this section or other statute.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER › Section 21.11 - General considerations

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Prior to the commencement of the program for the
						development of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, as authorized by the
						Constitutional Amendment of May 16, 1967, to section 3 of Article III of the
						Constitution of Pennsylvania, the statutes of this Commonwealth had never been
						codified. Thus, the initial, and in most cases the most difficult, step in
						preparing a bill adding new provisions to the Statutes is the identification of
						the prior statutory provisions to be included in and specifically repealed by
						the revision. This Subchapter sets forth a number of the more obvious steps to
						be taken in identifying the appropriate subject matter for a revision bill.
						However, the steps set forth are not intended to be exhaustive, and merely
						illustrate the general nature of the inquiry to be made.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER › Section 21.12 - Selection of basic subject classification

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(a)
General rule.
-The basic
					 subject classification, that is, nonprofit corporations, judiciary and judicial
					 procedure, crimes and offenses and the like, will control the nature and extent
					 of the examination of existing statutory law. The initial careful delineation
					 of the classification will simplify the examination of existing law by ruling
					 out obviously unprofitable areas.
(b)
Broad
					 classifications.
-Care should be taken to avoid selecting a
					 classification which is so broad that it will produce a revision bill which is
					 too large for legislative consideration, or which may raise unnecessary
					 jurisdictional questions as between several legislative committees.
(c)
Narrow
					 classifications.
-The classification should not be so narrow that a
					 substantial part of the statutory law relating to the general subject to which
					 the bill relates will continue on an unconsolidated basis. Such a result
					 creates an undesirable trap for the user, who ordinarily assumes that a
					 codification has exhausted the statutory material on the subject. Frequent
					 cross reference in a revision bill to unconsolidated statutory provisions may
					 be an indication that too narrow a subject classification has been
					 adopted.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER › Section 21.14 - Purdon's Statutes classification

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(a)
Transition to Pa.C.S.
					 classification.
-Purdon's Statutes represents a privately published
					 unofficial codification of the general and permanent statutory law of this
					 Commonwealth. The publishers of Purdon's Statutes have announced an intention
					 gradually to rearrange the contents of Purdon's Statutes to conform to the
					 Pa.C.S. classification set forth in §
											21.13(b)
					 (relating to Pa.C.S. classification).
(b)
Multiple classification in
					 Purdon's.
-In general, statutory provisions on the same subject may be
					 found in two or more distinct Purdon's Statutes titles. The following is
					 exemplary:
(1)
Function-Performer of
					 function (governmental).
-Provisions on decorating veterans' graves by
					 governmental agencies in Title 9 (Burial Grounds) and provisions on authorized
					 county expenditures for the decoration of veterans' graves in Title 16
					 (Counties).
(2)
Function-Performer of function (private).
-Provisions on
					 nonprofit hospital plan corporations in Title 40 (Insurance) and provisions on
					 nonprofit corporations organized for the furnishing of hospital plan services
					 in Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations).
(3)
Specific function-General
					 function.
-Private police appointed by certain agencies for the
					 prevention of cruelty to children in Title 11 (Children) and private police
					 appointed by charities in Title 10 (Charities and Welfare). Provisions on the
					 appointment of private police also were classified to Title 15 (Corporations
					 and Unincorporated Associations) and in Title 38 (Industrial Police). Compare
					 Title 22 (Detectives).
(4)
Regulatory law-Structural law.
-Provisions on nuisances
					 detrimental to the public health in Title 35 (Health and Safety) and similar
					 provisions in the Administrative Code of 1929 in Title 71 (State
					 Government).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER › Section 21.15 - Full text computer search

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The entire text of Pennsylvania statutes is presently
						available in computer-searchable form through the facilities of the Legislative
						Data Processing Center, Room 47, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg,
						Pennsylvania. By framing an appropriate search question it is possible to
						locate all sections of Pennsylvania statutes which contain a specified word,
						term or phrase. The statutory provisions thus identified may then be examined
						to determine their relevance to the basic subject classification of the
						revision bill.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER › Section 21.16 - Communication with responsible Commonwealth agency

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If the basic subject matter of the revision bill falls
						within the jurisdiction of a Commonwealth agency, inquiry should be made to the
						staff of the agency for the purpose of securing a list of all statutory
						provisions known to the staff which relate to the subject matter of the
						bill.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter B - SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER › Section 21.17 - Communication with interested professional, occupational or trade associations

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If the basic subject matter of the revision bill falls
						within an area of primary interest to a professional, occupational or trade
						association, inquiry should be made to a responsible official of the
						association for the purpose of securing a list of all statutory provisions
						known to the association which relate to the subject matter of the
						bill.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY MATTER › Section 21.31 - General considerations

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The size and complexity of a revision bill frequently may
						be minimized by omitting statutory provisions which are no longer required.
						This subchapter sets forth examples of the more common instances where the
						reenactment of a statutory provision is unnecessary, but it is not intended as
						an exclusive enumeration of such cases.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY MATTER › Section 21.32 - Provisions supplied and impliedly repealed by later statute

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(a)
Background.
-Specific repeals of prior statutory provisions did
					 not come into general use until after about 1900. Prior to that time primary
					 reliance was placed on the rule of construction now embodied in
					 1
					 Pa.C.S. §
												1971 (relating to implied
					 repeal by later statute) to the effect that whenever a later statute purports
					 to be a revision of all statutes upon a particular subject, or sets up a
					 general or exclusive system covering the entire subject matter of a former
					 statute and is intended as a substitute for such former statute, such later
					 statute shall be construed to supply and therefore to repeal all former
					 statutes on the same subject. Sometimes a modern code will not contain
					 exhaustive specific repealers, instead relying in whole or in part on the rule
					 of 1 Pa.C.S. §
												1971. The
					 following is exemplary:
(1)
Eminent
					 Domain Code.
-The Eminent Domain Code (26 P. S. §
													1-101
et seq.
) provides a
					 complete procedural system for the condemnation of property, but specifically
					 repealed only a few statutes on the subject. A revision of a general statute,
					 such as the Borough Code, may now omit all references to procedures for
					 condemnation of property.
(2)
Public Works Contractors' Bond Law of 1967.
-The Public Works
					 Contractors' Bond Law of 1967 (8 P. S. §
													191 et seq.) provides a complete system
					 governing the requirements of bonds to be furnished by contractors in the
					 prosecution of any public building or other public work or improvement,
					 including road work, but did not specifically repeal absolutely any statutes on
					 the subject. A revision may now omit all reference to contractor bonding
					 procedures.
(3)
Commonwealth Documents Law.
-The Commonwealth Documents Law
					 (45
					 P. S. §
													1101 et seq.) and
					 45 Pa.C.S. §
													501 et
					 seq. provides a complete system governing the adoption, publication and
					 effectiveness of Commonwealth administrative and other regulations and
					 statements of policy, but specifically repealed only a few statutes on the
					 subject. A revision may now omit all reference to procedures relating to the
					 adoption, publication and effectiveness of such documents.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY MATTER › Section 21.33 - Provisions superseded by general statute

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(a)
Background.
-When the
					 same issue of policy or procedure recurs with sufficient frequency a statute is
					 sometimes enacted which, while not a general statute in the same sense that it
					 is intended to supply and repeal prior statutes on the same subject, as
					 discussed in §
											21.32 (relating to provisions
					 supplied and impliedly repealed by later statutes), is intended to establish a
					 general rule which may be relied upon to simplify the drafting of future
					 statues. The following is exemplary:
(1)
Administrative Agency Law.
-The Administrative Agency Law,
					 2
					 Pa.C.S. §
													701
et seq.,
provides a complete procedural system for the taking of appeals to the
					 Commonwealth Court from the action of Commonwealth agencies which are not
					 appealable under a specific statute. See also 442 Pa.C.S. §
													763 (relating to direct appeals from
					 government agencies).
(2)
Local Agency Law.
-The Local Agency Law,
					 2
					 Pa.C.S. §
													751 et seq., provides a
					 complete procedural system for the taking of appeals to the local court of
					 common pleas from the actions of agencies of political subdivisions which are
					 not appealable under a specific statute. See also 442 Pa.C.S. §
													933 (relating to appeals from government
					 agencies).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY MATTER › Section 21.35 - Obsolete statutes

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(a)
Background.
-Statutory provisions are sometimes enacted to
					 require or encourage a social change, which thereafter becomes an accepted and
					 unquestioned part of the foundation of our governmental or social system. When
					 that point has been reached it is no longer necessary to continue the statute
					 in force. Thus,
					 1
					 Pa.C.S. §
												1978 (relating to repeal as
					 obsolete does not affect substantive rights) provides that whenever a statute
					 which created a personal or property right in derogation of the common law is
					 repealed as obsolete or by a code which does not contain an express provision
					 with respect to such personal or property right, the repeal does not revive the
					 prior inconsistent common law rule, but the repeal is to be construed as a
					 recognition by the General Assembly that such personal or property right has
					 been received into and has become a part of the common law, that is,
					 nonstatutory law of this Commonwealth. For example, a statute is enacted in
					 1919 providing that women, married and single, shall have the same rights as
					 men to be incorporators, stockholders, officers and directors of corporations
					 for profit. The provision is incorporated into the Business Corporation Law and
					 the Banking Code of 1933, and the 1919 statute is repealed as to such
					 corporations. The provision is omitted as obsolete from the Banking Code of
					 1965 and is repealed as obsolete from the Business Corporation Law in 1968. The
					 equal rights of women in business and banking corporations are a part of the
					 common law of this Commonwealth.
(b)
General rule.
-When
					 drafting a revision which encompasses prior statutory civil provisions which
					 merely state obvious principles of law which would be incontestable in modern
					 society even in the absence of the statutory provision, the unnecessary
					 language is omitted as obsolete.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter C - ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY MATTER › Section 21.36 - Use of history of amendment and citation

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Where a statutory provision is performing an active
						function there is an increased likelihood that it will be either cited in a
						judicial decision or amended by the General Assembly. Thus the failure of a
						statute to be either cited or amended during the 30-40 year period prior to the
						drafting of the revision should alert the drafting attorney to the possibility
						that the provision may be omitted. Under
						1
						Pa.C.S. §
												1973 (relating to no implied
						repeal by nonuser) the mere failure to use a statutory provision does not
						affect its validity. The question is whether the failure to cite the statutory
						provision results from the fact that the provision has been supplied, and thus
						repealed, by another later statute on the same subject; or that the provision
						is obsolete.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.1 - Titles

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The major divisions of the Statutes are titles, which
						  bring together broadly related areas of statutory law. The various title
						  headings are set forth in §
												21.13(b)
						  (relating to Pa.C.S. classification).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.2 - Parts

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Titles may be divided into parts when it is necessary
						  or desirable to group related chapters within a title. The use of parts is not
						  mandatory but is desirable.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.3 - Subparts

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Parts may be subdivided into subparts when it is
						  necessary or desirable to group related chapters within a
						  part.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.4 - Articles, divisions and subdivisions

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In unusual cases, when further subdivision of a title
						  is unavoidable, subparts may be subdivided into articles, articles may be
						  subdivided into divisions and divisions may be subdivided into
						  subdivisions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.5 - Chapters

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The normal subdivision of titles are chapters. The
						  chapter is the basic major subdivision of the Statutes. It comprises the
						  sections embraced in the heading of the chapter and should consist of a unified
						  body of statutory material on a specific subject. The use of chapters is
						  mandatory.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.6 - Subchapters

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Subchapters may be used to group related sections
						  within a chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.7 - Sections

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The normal divisions of chapters are sections. The
						  section is the basic unit of the Statutes. It should consist of a short, simple
						  presentation of one principal proposition.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › STRUCTURE › Section 23.8 - Subdivisions of sections

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The normal subdivisions of sections are subsections,
						  paragraphs and subparagraphs. In unusual cases, where further subdivision of a
						  section is unavoidable, subparagraphs may be subdivided into clauses and
						  clauses may be subdivided into subclauses. Except for subsections, each
						  subdivision is indented a uniform space from the indentation of the next higher
						  subdivision.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › NORMAL NUMBERING › Section 23.21 - Titles

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Titles are numbered sequentially in Arabic throughout
						  the Statutes.
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Parts are numbered sequentially in Roman throughout
						  each title.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › NORMAL NUMBERING › Section 23.23 - Chapters

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Chapters are numbered sequentially in Arabic throughout
						  each title. No chapter may be numbered beyond 99.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › NORMAL NUMBERING › Section 23.24 - Other major subdivisions

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Whenever other subdivisions are necessary, subparts
						  shall be identified by letters, beginning with each part, articles shall be
						  identified by letters, beginning with each subpart, divisions shall be
						  identified by Arabic numerals, beginning with each article, subdivisions shall
						  be identified by letters, beginning with each division, and subchapters shall
						  be identified by letters, beginning with each chapter, as follows:
Terminology
Illustrative
									 Symbol
Numbered Within
Part
I
Title
Subpart
A
Part
Article
A
Subpart
Division
1
Article
Subdivision
A
Division
Chapter
1
Title
Subchapter
A
Chapter
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › NORMAL NUMBERING › Section 23.25 - Sections

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Sections are numbered sequentially in Arabic throughout
						  each title. Chapters shall consist of no more than 99 sections and no section
						  may be numbered beyond 9999. The last two digits in the section number indicate
						  the sequence of the sections within a chapter and the digit or digits preceding
						  such digits indicate the number of the chapter. For example, a section is
						  numbered "2342." The section is in the 42nd position in Chapter 23 of the
						  title.
This section cited in 101 Pa. Code §
														25.17 (relating to assignment of
							 section numbers).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › NORMAL NUMBERING › Section 23.26 - Internal divisions of sections

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Whenever internal divisions are necessary, subsections
						  shall be identified by lower case letters, paragraphs by Arabic numerals,
						  subparagraphs by lower case Roman numerals, clauses by capital letters and
						  subclauses by capital Roman numerals, all contained within parentheses, as
						  follows:
Terminology
IllustrativeSymbol
Subsection
(a)
Paragraph
(1)
Subparagraph
(i)
Clause
(A)
Subclause
(I)
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › NORMAL NUMBERING › Section 23.27 - Reservation of numbers

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(a)
General rule.
-Chapter numbers should be spaced to allow for
						expansion and a minimum of one number, the even number, should be omitted
						between chapters of a new or revised part, subpart, article, division or
						subdivision. Where subchapters are used, section numbers should be spaced to
						allow for expansion and the first section in each subchapter should end with
						the number "1" (
e.g.
101, 111, 121,
etc.).
(b)
Uniform laws.
-When incorporating uniform laws into the
						Statutes, spacing between chapter numbers and section numbers may be omitted
						where it is desirable to maintain the same numbering system of the uniform law
						to simplify comparison between the provision of the uniform law and the
						comparable provisions of the Statutes.
This section cited in 101 Pa. Code §
														25.17 (relating to assignment of
							 section numbers).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › SPECIAL NUMBERING PROBLEMS › Section 23.31 - Addition of new units between existing units

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(a)
Chapters.
-If it becomes
						necessary to introduce a new chapter between existing chapters the new chapter
						shall be designated by the addition of a letter suffix to the preceding chapter
						number. Thus, a chapter introduced between Chapters 31 and 32 would be numbered
						Chapter 31A. This practice should be avoided whenever possible since it results
						in extremely awkward section numbering. For example, the first section in
						Chapter 31A would be numbered § 31A01.
(b)
Sections.
-If it becomes
						necessary to introduce a new section between existing sections the new section
						shall be designated by the addition of a period and Arabic numeral suffix to
						the preceding section number. Thus, a section introduced between § 311 and
						§ 312 would be numbered §
												311.1. When a number of such
						section numbers have been introduced the entire portion of the title or chapter
						should be revised and renumbered.
(c)
Subsections.
-If it
						should become necessary to introduce a subsection between existing subsections,
						and revision of the entire section is not desirable, the new subsection shall
						be designated by the addition of a period and Arabic numeral suffix to the
						letter designating the preceding subsection. Thus, a subsection introduced
						between subsections (a) and (b) would be numbered as subsection
						(a.1).
(d)
Smaller
						units.
-Should it become necessary to introduce a unit smaller than a
						subsection between existing units, the entire subsection or appropriate minor
						subdivision should be revised. If this is not feasible, the numbering scheme
						applicable to subsections is to be used.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL › Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE › Subchapter A - FORMAL REQUIREMENTS › SPECIAL NUMBERING PROBLEMS › Section 23.32 - Re-use of section numbers

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A section number shall not be re-used for a different
						  subject, except in a bill to revise a part, subpart, article, division,
						  subdivision, chapter or subchapter of the Statutes.