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Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › VARIATIONS › Section 27.31 - Packaging

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Variations from the packaging regulations of this title
					 shall be allowed if there is compliance with the following provisions:
(1)
Variations from declared net
				  quantity.
Variations from the declared net weight, measure or count
				  shall be permitted if caused by unavoidable deviations in weighing, measuring
				  or counting the contents of individual packages which occur in good packaging
				  practice, but the variations may not be permitted to the extent that the
				  average of the quantities in the packages of a particular commodity, or a lot
				  of the commodity which is kept, offered, exposed for sale or sold, is below the
				  quantity stated, and no unreasonable shortage in a package may be permitted,
				  even though overages in other packages in the same shipment, delivery or lot
				  compensate for the shortage. Variations above the declared quantity may not be
				  unreasonably large.
(2)
Variations resulting from exposure.
Variations from the
				  declared weight or measure shall be permitted if caused by ordinary and
				  customary exposure to conditions that normally occur in good distribution
				  practice and that unavoidably result in change of weight or measure, but only
				  after the commodity is introduced into intrastate commerce. The phrase
				  "introduced into intrastate commerce" as used in this paragraph means the time
				  and the place at which the first sale and delivery of a package is made within
				  the Commonwealth, the delivery being either of the following:
(i) Directly to the purchaser or to his
				  agent.
(ii) To a common carrier for
				  shipment to the purchaser, and if a shipment, delivery or lot of packages of a
				  particular commodity remains in the possession or under the control of the
				  packager or the person who introduces the package into intrastate commerce,
				  exposure variations will not be permitted.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part II - Packaging and Labeling › Chapter 27 - EXEMPTIONS AND VARIATIONS › VARIATIONS › Section 27.32 - Magnitude of permitted variations

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The magnitude of variations permitted in §
										27.31 (relating to packaging)
					 shall, in the case of a shipment, delivery or lot, be determined by the facts
					 in the individual case.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 33 - AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATORS › GENERAL › Section 33.1 - Scope

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This chapter applies to automatic temperature compensators
					 utilized with an approved meter for the delivery of home heating oil to a
					 domestic consumer.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 33 - AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATORS › GENERAL › Section 33.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
API
-American Petroleum Institute.
Automatic temperature compensator
-A device
					 interfaced with a meter for automatically adjusting the indication and
					 registration of the measured volume of product dispensed to the volume of
					 60°F.
Bureau
-The Bureau of Standard Weights and
					 Measures of the Department.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Hydrometer
-An instrument for determining
					 the specific gravity of a liquid.
Specific gravity
-The ratio of the density
					 of a liquid to the density of pure water.
Thermal expansion rate
-The amount at which
					 a volume of liquid will contract or expand per degree
					 Fahrenheit.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 33 - AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATORS › DEVICES › Section 33.11 - Method of sale-temperature compensations

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Whenever home heating oil is either sold or delivered to a
					 domestic consumer by the use of an approved meter equipped with an automatic
					 temperature compensator, the volume shall be in terms of the United States
					 gallon of 231 cubic inches or the liter with the volume expressed at 60°F
					 (15.6°C). For individual deliveries in excess of 1,000 gallons, temperature
					 compensation may be accomplished by the use of "Table 6" of the American
					 Edition of the
American Society of Testing Materials-1P Petroleum
					 Measurement Tables.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 33 - AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATORS › DEVICES › Section 33.12 - Design of device

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An automatic temperature compensator shall be of a design
					 intended by the manufacturer for the temperature compensation of home heating
					 oils and approved under the act of May 5, 1921 (P. L. 389, No. 187)
					 (73
					 P. S. §§
											1701-1715).
(1) The device shall be capable of being
				  deactivated from the automatic temperature computing mechanism so that the
				  attached meter may indicate in terms of the uncompensated volume.
(2) The device shall be capable of applying a
				  security seal in such a manner that the automatic temperature compensating
				  system cannot be disconnected and that no adjustment can be made to the system
				  once the security seal is in place.
(3) On the meter that is equipped with an
				  automatic temperature compensator, a clear and conspicuous statement shall
				  appear on the meter to show that the volume delivered has been adjusted to the
				  volume at 60°F.
(4) On meters
				  equipped with automatic temperature compensators, means shall be provided for
				  inserting for test purposes a thermometer either in the liquid chamber of the
				  meter or in the meter inlet or in the discharge line immediately adjacent to
				  the meter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 33 - AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATORS › DEVICES › Section 33.13 - Test of automatic temperature compensators

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(a) Settings and adjustments on automatic
				  temperature compensators shall be performed utilizing "Table 6" of the American
				  Edition of the
American Society for Testing Materials-1P, Petroleum
				  Measurement Tables.
Appropriate thermal expansion rate determinations
				  shall be performed in one of the following manners:
(1) A statement by the supplier to the dealer
				  indicating the API specific gravity number or thermal expansion rate.
(2) Determination by a hydrometer designed to
				  determine API specific gravity.
(3)
				  Utilization of API No. 36 for No. 2 Fuel Oil.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 33 - AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATORS › DEVICES › Section 33.14 - Tolerances

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Meters equipped with automatic temperature compensators
					 shall agree to within the tolerances as prescribed in "Table 1, Tolerances for
					 Vehicle Tank Meters" of the "Vehicle Tank Meter Code" of the
National
					 Bureau of Standards Handbook 44.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 33 - AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE COMPENSATORS › OWNERS AND OPERATORS › Section 33.21 - Duties of owners and operators of automatic temperature compensators

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(a) If a meter is
				  equipped with an automatic temperature compensator, it shall be connected,
				  operable and in use at all times. The automatic temperature compensator may not
				  be removed, nor may a compensated meter be replaced on a delivery vehicle with
				  an uncompensated meter without the written approval of the Director of the
				  Bureau.
(b) If a person or business
				  utilizes automatic temperature compensators, then they shall only sell home
				  heating oil by the use of a meter equipped with an automatic temperature
				  compensator, and delivery vehicles operated by that business used to deliver
				  home heating oil to domestic consumers shall be equipped with a meter and an
				  automatic temperature compensator.
(c) Metered delivery tickets shall have
				  clearly printed on them, in identical size and type as that used in the sellers
				  address, the statement "Volume Delivered Adjusted to 60°F."
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 37 - PRECIOUS METALS › Section 37.1 - Posting of prices

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(a) When a
				weighing device is used to purchase precious metals, there shall be posted, on
				a conspicuous sign located close to the weighing device, a statement of prices
				for the precious metals being purchased as a result of the weight
				determination.
(b) The statement of
				prices shall include, but not be limited to, the following in terms of the
				price per troy ounce:
(1) The price for 24
				karat, 18 karat, 14 karat and 10 karat gold.
(2) The price for pure silver and sterling
				silver.
(3) The price for
				platinum.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 37 - PRECIOUS METALS › Section 37.2 - Scales and weighing devices

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(a) A
				weighing device used in the purchase of precious metals shall be positioned in
				such a manner that its indications may be accurately read and the weighing
				operation observed from a position which may be reasonably assumed by the buyer
				and seller. A verbal statement of the result of the weighing shall be made by
				the person operating the device and recorded on the dealer's record of
				transaction.
(b) The minimum
				graduation on the weighing device used for the purchase of precious metals
				shall not exceed .1 gram or .1 pennyweight for weighing devices whose
				capacities are 3,000 grams or 100 troy ounces and less. The minimum weight load
				permitted to be determined on a weighing device shall not be less than the
				equivalent of 25 times the smallest graduation on the weighing
				device.
(c) This section is subject
				to the Weights and Measures Act of 1965 (73 P. S.
				§§
										1651-1692).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part III - Inspections and Devices › Chapter 39 - RESERVED › Section 39.1-39.20 - Reserved

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This chapter cited in 70 Pa. Code §
											5.1 (relating to purpose); and 70
					 Pa. Code §
											5.6 (relating to certification
					 requirements).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part IV - On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol › Chapter 101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 101.1 - Scope

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This chapter governs the licensing of on-farm producers of
				  denatured ethyl alcohol and the manufacture, use and sale of on-farm-produced
				  denatured ethyl alcohol.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part IV - On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol › Chapter 101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 101.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
Bureau
-The Bureau of Weights and Measures of
				  the Department.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture of
				  the Commonwealth.
Denatured ethyl alcohol
-A flammable volatile
				  hydrocarbon liquid that was fermented and distilled from raw agricultural
				  products such as grains, fruits or forage crops, and that was rendered unfit
				  for human consumption through the addition of an obnoxious substance that does
				  not impair the usefulness of the alcohol for other purposes.
Distillery
-A place or building located on a
				  farm owned by the licensee where alcohol is manufactured.
Farm
-Premises which were devoted to
				  agricultural use during the preceding 3 years and which are not less than 10
				  contiguous acres in area or have anticipated yearly gross income of $2,000 from
				  agriculture excluding income from the sale of denatured ethyl alcohol.
On-farm-production
-The production in a
				  distillery of denatured ethyl alcohol from Pennsylvania-grown crops.
Person
-A natural person, corporation,
				  partnership and association.
Proof
-A number describing the strength of
				  the denatured ethyl alcohol solution which is double the percentage of alcohol
				  in the solution. For example, 100 proof means 50% alcohol.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part IV - On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol › Chapter 101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 101.3 - Licensing requirements

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(a) An
				application for a license to engage in the on-farm production of denatured
				ethyl alcohol shall be filed with the Department on an application form
				provided by the Department.
(b) An
				applicant for a license shall obtain a permit from the United States Department
				of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms before operating the
				distillery. A copy of this permit shall be submitted with the application
				form.
(c) A license issued under
				this chapter shall expire on December 31 in the year for which it is
				issued.
(d) A license issued under
				this chapter is not transferable.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part IV - On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol › Chapter 101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 101.4 - Operation of the distillery

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(a) A
				license issued under this chapter entitles only the licensee to produce
				denatured ethyl alcohol which shall be denatured under 27 CFR Part 21 (relating
				to formulas for denatured alcohol and rum).
(b) A licensee shall construct and operate
				its distillery and associated storage facilities in accordance with applicable
				Federal, State and local laws.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part IV - On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol › Chapter 101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 101.5 - Recordkeeping

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(a) A license under
				this chapter shall keep for each day it operates a distillery a record
				containing the following information:
(1)
				Kind, quantity and the source of the crops used.
(2) Quantity and proof of the denatured ethyl
				alcohol produced.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part IV - On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol › Chapter 101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 101.6 - Inspections

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(a) Upon the
				request of an agent of the Department during regular and usual business hours,
				or at other times when a reasonable belief that a violation of this chapter may
				exist, a licensee shall:
(1) Produce for
				inspection records maintained under §
										101.5 (relating to
				recordkeeping).
(2) Permit the
				agent to examine the distillery and related storage
				facilities.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part IV - On-Farm-Produced Denatured Ethyl Alcohol › Chapter 101 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 101.7 - Annual report and fee

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(a)
Annual report
. A person who was licensed under this chapter
				during the preceding calendar year shall file on or before January 30 an annual
				report with the Department covering the operation of the distillery during the
				preceding year. The report shall be on a form provided by the
				Department.
(b)
Fee
. The annual report shall be accompanied by a fee based
				upon the volume of denatured ethyl alcohol produced during the preceding year
				in accordance with the following schedule:
Alcohol Produced Fee
Not over 1,000 gallons ... $ 25
Over 1,000 gallons but not over 5,000 gallons ... $
				  50
Over 5,000 gallons but not over 20,000 gallons ...
				  $100
Over 20,000 gallons but not over 50,000 gallons ...
				  $200
Over 50,000 gallons ... $200 plus $1
for every 1,000 gallons over 50,000
				  gallons.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part V - State Metrology Laboratory › Chapter 110 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 110.1 - Metrology services

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(a) The
				State Metrology Laboratory provides testing services including calibration to
				ASTM, NIST and OIML standards.
(b)
				Requests for testing services must be made by appointment. No standards or
				equipment will be accepted for testing without appointment.
(c) Units submitted for testing or
				calibration must be cleaned before submission.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 70 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part V - State Metrology Laboratory › Chapter 110 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 110.2 - State Metrology Laboratory fee schedule

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(a)
General.
The State
				Metrology Laboratory shall charge a fee for any testing services it provides
				under authority of the act. These services include actual metrology laboratory
				calibration, type evaluation and any other services identified in subsection
				(c).
(b)
Exemptions.
(1) Agencies of
				the Commonwealth are exempt from having to pay any of the fees established in
				this section.
(2) A city or county
				which is required to procure standards of weights and measures and additional
				equipment in accordance with section 4123 of the act (relating to city and
				county standards and equipment) to enforce the act is exempt from having to pay
				fees with respect to the calibration, evaluation or other testing of those
				standards and that equipment.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1.1 - Scope of part

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This part relates to the functions of the Legislative
					 Reference Bureau as a supporting agency of the General Assembly. The
					 regulations relating to the functions of the Bureau as the publisher of the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
and
Pennsylvania Code
under the Commonwealth Documents Law (45 P. S. §
											1101 et seq.) and exercised through the
					 Documents Law Section are set out in 1 Pa. Code Part I (relating to Joint
					 Committee on Documents).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1.2 - 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:
Act
-Act of May 7, 1923 (P. L. 158, No.
					 119) (46 P. S. §§
											451-460).
Assistant Director
-The Assistant Director
					 of the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Bureau
-The Legislative Reference Bureau.
Director
-The Director of the Legislative
					 Reference Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES › Section 3.1 - Organization of Bureau

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The Bureau is organized as follows:
Director
Assistant Director
Bill Drafting Section
Transcribing Section
Proofreading Section
Legislative History Section
General Services Section
Administrative Services Section
Documents Law Section
Library
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES › Section 3.2 - Director

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(a)
General.
Section 2 of the act (46 P. S. §
												452) provides that the Bureau shall operate
					 under the direction of a Director who shall be elected biennially before the
					 first day of February in each odd-numbered year by the Senate and House in
					 joint session.
(b)
Qualifications.
Section 3 of the act (46 P. S. §
												453) provides that the Director shall be
					 qualified by experience, knowledge and ability to conduct the work of the
					 Bureau and shall be well versed in legislative procedure and parliamentary
					 practice.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES › Section 3.3 - Assistant Director

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(a)
General.
Section 4 of the act (46 P. S. §
												454) provides that the Director shall appoint
					 an Assistant Director who shall perform the duties of the Director in the case
					 of a vacancy in said office or in case of the absence or inability of the
					 Director to act, and such other duties as may be assigned to the Assistant
					 Director by the Director.
(b)
Qualifications.
Section 4 of the act (46 P. S. §
												454) provides that the Assistant Director
					 shall be learned in the law and shall be a skilled bill drafter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES › Section 3.4 - Employes

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Section 5 of the act (46 P. S. §
												455) provides that the Director shall appoint
						a trained librarian and such attorneys-at-law, clerks, secretaries,
						stenographers, typists, messengers and other employes as he deems necessary,
						and for such periods and on such terms as he deems advantageous, to conduct the
						work of the Bureau at all times.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES › Section 3.5 - Prohibition against lobbying

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Section 8 of the act (46 P. S. §
												458) provides that the Director and the staff
						of the Bureau shall neither oppose nor urge legislation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES › Section 3.6 - Disclosure of unpublished matter

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Section 8 of the act (46 P. S. §
												458) provides that no officer or employe of
						the Bureau shall reveal to any person outside the Bureau the contents or nature
						of any matter not yet published, without the consent of the person bringing
						such matter before the Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES › Section 3.7 - Legal opinion to citizens

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Section 9 of the act (46 P. S. §
												459) provides that in no case and under no
						circumstances shall any officer or employe in his official capacity furnish any
						opinion on any legal matter to any private citizen.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.11 - Purpose of Bureau

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Section 1 of the act (46 P. S. §
												451) provides that the Bureau is created for
						the use and information of the members of the General Assembly, the Governor,
						the heads of executive departments, and such citizens of this Commonwealth as
						may desire to consult the Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.12 - Location and office hours

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(a)
Location.
The Bureau is located at 641 Main Capitol,
					 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17120.
(b)
Office hours.
Office
					 hours of the Bureau are:
(1) From 9 a.m. to 4
					 p.m. Monday through Friday, except official Federal and Commonwealth
					 holidays.
(2) When the General
					 Assembly is in session, at such hours, day and night, as are most convenient to
					 its members.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.13 - Services to General Assembly and Commonwealth agencies

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Section 8 of the act (46 P. S. §
												458) provides that the Director and the
						Assistant Director shall, upon request, aid and assist the members of the
						General Assembly, the Governor, and the heads of Commonwealth agencies, by
						advising as to bills and resolutions, by drafting bills and resolutions into
						proper form, and by furnishing to them the fullest information upon all matters
						within the scope of the Bureau which relate to their public
						duties.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.14 - Services to citizens

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Section 9 of the act (46 P. S. §
												459) provides that the Bureau shall be
						available for consultation freely by citizens of this Commonwealth as to such
						general information as the Bureau may be able to furnish and as to the
						statutory laws of this Commonwealth and other states on particular subjects,
						and shall furnish to citizens upon request copies of such statutes as are
						available for distribution.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.15 - Revision and codification of laws

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Section 7 of the act (46 P. S. §
												457) provides that the Director shall:
(1) Assist in or supervise, when called upon
					 by any proper authority, or when directed by the General Assembly to do so, the
					 compilation and preparation of any general revision and codification of the
					 existing laws of the Commonwealth.
(2) From time to time, cause to be prepared,
					 for adoption or rejection by the General Assembly, codes, by topics, of the
					 existing general statutes, arranged by chapters or articles and sections under
					 suitable headings, and add thereto lists of statutes of the existing law to be
					 repealed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.16 - Compilations and other documents

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Section 7 of the act (46 P. S. §
												457) provides that the Director shall from
						time to time prepare and publish such bulletins, pamphlets and circulars,
						containing information collected by the Bureau, and such compilations of this
						or other states, as he shall deem to be of service to the Governor, the several
						departments of the Commonwealth Government, the members of the General
						Assembly, and the citizens of this Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.17 - Legislation of other states

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Section 7 of the act (46 P. S. §
												457) provides that the Director shall
						establish a system of exchanges with such other states as is expedient and
						practicable and, when requested by members of the General Assembly or the
						Governor or heads of departments, promptly procure available information, not
						on file in the Bureau, relating to legislation of other states, and investigate
						the manner in which such laws have operated.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.18 - Newspaper clippings and printed material

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Section 7 of the act (46 P. S. §
												457) provides that the Director shall prepare
						and have available for use files of newspaper and periodical clippings, and of
						such other printed matter as may be proper for the purposes of the
						Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.19 - Government reports and public documents

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Section 7 of the act (46 P. S. §
												457) provides that the Director shall prepare
						and have available for use catalogue files of reports of departments, boards,
						and commissions, and other public documents of this
						Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › BUREAU FUNCTIONS GENERALLY › Section 3.20 - Laws and legislative documents

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Section 7 of the act (46 P. S. §
												457) provides that the Director shall
						prepare, and have available for use, indices of Pennsylvania laws, digests of
						such public laws of this and other states as may be of use for legislative
						information, records and files of all bills and resolutions presented in either
						branch of the General Assembly and loose leaf files of acts of
						Assembly.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.31 - Bill Drafting Section

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(a)
General.
The Bill Drafting Section consists of attorneys and
					 other technical personnel who draft all legislative documents for introduction
					 by members of the General Assembly.
(b)
Drafting procedure.
The
					 Bill Drafting Section takes and reviews requests for preparation of legislative
					 documents, conducts necessary research, prepares drafts for transcribing,
					 resolves any questions from the Transcribing and Proofreading Sections, checks
					 final documents and arranges for their delivery.
(c)
Other matters.
The Bill
					 Drafting Section exercises the following functions in addition to its primary
					 function of drafting legislative documents:
(1) Prepare compilations of various laws and
					 update existing compilations for use by the Bureau and distribution to the
					 public.
(2) Prepare routine
					 analyses of certain legislative documents.
(3) When requested, and at other times when
					 time permits, prepare codifications of laws for consideration by the General
					 Assembly.
(4) Prepare rules and
					 procedures for drafting and transcribing legislative documents.
(5) Prepare subject index and chronological
					 table for each publication of the Laws of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.32 - Transcribing Section

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(a)
General.
The Transcribing Section consists of legal technician
					 typists who transcribe all legislative documents drafted by the Bureau, either
					 on a computer terminal or standard typewriter, and prepare all conference
					 reports, backs, folders and cards for transmitting legislative documents and
					 filing.
(b)
Amendments.
As soon as amendments to bills are adopted by
					 either house, they are transmitted to the Transcribing Section which, by the
					 use of computer terminals, inserts them at their proper location in the current
					 print of the bill.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.33 - Proofreading Section

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(a)
General.
The Proofreading Section checks for accuracy in all
					 legislative documents prior to their introduction and all final enactments and
					 compilations prior to their printing and publication.
(b)
Matters generally.
The
					 Proofreading Section checks all legislative documents with particular reference
					 to the following matters:
(1) Conformity to
					 supplied draft.
(2) Conformity to
					 rules on structure and style.
(3)
					 Conformity to rules on citing statutes and regulations.
(4) Errors in spelling, punctuation and
					 grammar.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.34 - Legislative History Section

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(a)
General.
The Legislative History Section compiles, indexes and
					 updates the House History for weekly publication and maintains files on the
					 current status of Senate and House legislative documents under consideration or
					 passed by the General Assembly.
(b)
Status of documents.
A reporter is assigned to each house and
					 reports actions as soon as they are taken by each house. This information is
					 placed in the cardex files for use by employes of the Bureau and for providing
					 information to the General Assembly, Commonwealth agencies and the public upon
					 request.
(c)
Legislative
					 enactments.
As soon as the Governor signs or vetoes or fails to act on
					 a bill in the time prescribed by law, the Department of State transmits this
					 information to the Legislative History Section which records it in the cardex
					 file and distributes appropriately marked bills to employes of the
					 Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.35 - General Services Section

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(a)
General.
The General Services Section provides and maintains
					 adequate documents, materials, furniture, equipment, supplies and services to
					 enable the Bureau to perform its various functions and supplies copies of
					 available statutes and documents to the General Assembly, Commonwealth agencies
					 and the public upon request.
(b)
Files.
The General Services Section maintains files and
					 records for all legislative documents prepared by the Bureau which are filed
					 according to subject matter, the document number, the sponsor, or a combination
					 of the foregoing, depending upon the nature of the particular document. These
					 files are confidential and available only to employes of the Bureau.
(c)
Duplicating.
The General
					 Services Section duplicates all legislative documents after they are prepared
					 by the Bureau, places them in proper folders and distributes them to the Bill
					 Drafting Section for review and final distribution.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.36 - Administrative Services Section

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The Administrative Services Section provides general
						support for other sections of the Bureau including administrative matters,
						handling of incoming telephone calls and mail, insuring the proper transmission
						of legislative and other documents prepared or supplied by the Bureau and
						providing stenographic and typing services to the Director, Assistant Director
						and attorneys.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.37 - Documents Law Section

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The Documents Law Section carries out the functions of
						the Bureau as the publisher of the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
and
Pennsylvania Code
under the Commonwealth Documents Law
						(45
						P. S. §
												1101 et seq.) and Part I of
						Title 1 of the
Pennsylvania Code
(relating to Joint Committee
						on Documents).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF BUREAU › FUNCTIONS OF BUREAU SECTIONS › Section 3.38 - Library

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(a)
General.
The Library is primarily a reference library for
					 legal research by attorneys in the Bureau involved in drafting legislative
					 documents and is open for use by the Bureau at all times during the working
					 hours of the Bureau.
(b)
Contents.
The Library contains a comprehensive selection of
					 research material including, but not limited to:
(1) Books such as Uniform State Laws, court
					 reports, legal encyclopedias and dictionaries, digests,
Shephard's
					 Citations
, treatises, form and practice books, indices, directories,
					 almanacs, legislative histories and journals, Attorney General's Opinions,
					 Pennsylvania law school reviews, loose-leaf services, and annotated statutes of
					 12 of the major states.
(2)
					 Periodicals which are chiefly legal periodicals or publications pertaining to
					 government, such as
State Government
,
State Government
					 News
,
Suggested State Legislation
and
Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly
.
(3) Newspapers such as
New York
					 Times
,
National Observer
,
Philadelphia
					 Inquirer
,
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
,
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
,
Harrisburg Patriot
					 News
,
Wall Street Journal
and
Legal
					 Intelligencer
.
(4)
					 Pamphlets such as Federal publications, publications of other states, the
					 Council of State Governments, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
					 Relations, private associations and reports or studies of special committees or
					 commissions.
(5) Opinions, studies
					 and research materials prepared from time to time by the
					 Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Section 5.2 - Scope of subpart

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(a)
General.
-This subpart summarizes the functions and procedures
				  of the General Assembly relating to the enactment of laws, the passage of
				  proposed amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania and the consideration
				  and adoption of resolutions, motions and citations.
(b)
Legislative rules and
				  actions.
-This subpart does not apply to the extent that it is
				  inconsistent with the rules adopted by either house of the General Assembly or
				  to the extent that either house of the General Assembly takes action
				  inconsistent with this Subpart.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Section 5.3 - 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.
Commonwealth agency
-The Governor or any
					 department, departmental board or commission, independent board or commission,
					 legislative service agency or other officer or agency of the Commonwealth.
Constitution
-The Constitution of
					 Pennsylvania.
House
-The House of Representatives of the
					 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or, when the context clearly indicates otherwise,
					 either house of the General Assembly.
Senate
-The Senate of the Commonwealth of
					 Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 7 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › FUNCTION AND COMPOSITION › Section 7.1 - General Assembly vested with legislative power

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The legislative power of the Commonwealth is vested in
						the General Assembly.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 7 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › FUNCTION AND COMPOSITION › Section 7.2 - Composition of General Assembly

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The General Assembly consists of a:
(1) Senate, composed of 50 Senators elected
					 for terms of four years beginning on the first day of December next after their
					 election. One-half of the Senators are elected every two years.
(2) House of Representatives, composed of 203
					 Representatives elected for terms of two years beginning on the first day of
					 December next after their election.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 7 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › FUNCTION AND COMPOSITION › Section 7.3 - Qualification of members

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Senators must be at least 25 years of age and
						Representatives at least 21 years of age. They must have been citizens and
						inhabitants of this Commonwealth four years, and inhabitants of their
						respective districts one year, next before their election (unless absent on the
						public business of the Commonwealth or the United States), and must reside in
						their respective districts during their terms of service.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 7 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › FUNCTION AND COMPOSITION › Section 7.4 - Presiding officers

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(a)
Senate.
-The Lieutenant Governor is the President of the Senate
					 and presides while the Senate is in session. He may vote in case of a tie on
					 any question except the final passage of a bill or joint resolution, the
					 adoption of a conference report or the concurrence in amendments made by the
					 House. The President pro tempore performs the duties of the Lieutenant Governor
					 in case of his absence or disability.
(b)
House.
-The House elects
					 one of its members as Speaker who presides while the House is in session and
					 may vote on any matter. The Speaker of the House may appoint a Speaker pro
					 tempore to perform the duties of the Speaker in case of his absence.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 7 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › COMMITTEES › Section 7.11 - Standing committees

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There are standing committees in both the Senate and the
						House with subcommittees within most standing committees. These committees are
						the workshops of the General Assembly. It is their duty to study carefully the
						bills and resolutions referred to them and to prepare bills and resolutions
						which are to be reported with favorable recommendation to their respective
						houses. Infrequently, bills and resolutions are reported with unfavorable
						recommendations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 7 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › COMMITTEES › Section 7.12 - Special or select committees

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Special or select committees and joint committees are
						established from time to time to conduct studies and investigations and to
						perform other duties and functions assigned to them by either house or both
						houses. The President pro tempore appoints the members of special or select
						committees in the Senate when authorized by the Senate and the Speaker of the
						House appoints the members of special or select committees in the
						House.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU › Subpart B - LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE MANUAL › Chapter 7 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY › COMMITTEES › Section 7.13 - Conference committees

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Conference committees, consisting of members of both
						houses, are established to resolve differences existing between the houses
						concerning bills. The President pro tempore appoints three members to comprise
						a committee of conference on the part of the Senate, two from the majority
						party and one from the minority party. The Speaker of the House appoints three
						members to comprise a committee of conference on the part of the House, two
						from the majority party and one from the minority party.