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Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Use of classification system.
-The Statutes themselves set
					 forth a basic subject classification system, which may be used as a starting
					 point. However, although one particular Pa.S. title may be selected as the
					 focus of the revision effort, it will frequently be necessary to transfer
					 provisions of prior statutory law from the principal title to one which more
					 appropriately covers the transferred provisions. For example, the former
					 provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933, relating to cemeteries,
					 private police and hospitalization plans, were incorporated into Title 9
					 (Burial Grounds), Title 22 (Detectives and Private Police) and Title 40
					 (Insurance), respectively, by the act of November 15, 1972 (P. L. 1063, No.
					 271).
(b)
Contents of
					 classification system.
-The classification system of the Statutes is as
					 follows:
Title Number
Subject
1
General Provisions
2
Administrative Law and Procedure
3
Agriculture
4
Amusements
5
(Reserved)
6
Bailees and Factors
7
Banks and Banking
8
Boroughs and Incorporated Towns
9
Burial Grounds
10
Charities
11
Cities
12
Commerce and Trade
13
Commercial Code
14
Community Affairs
15
Corporations and Unincorporated
								  Associations
16
Counties
17
(Reserved)
18
Crimes and Offenses
19
(Reserved)
20
Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries
21
(Reserved)
22
Detectives and Private Police
23
Domestic Relations
24
Education
25
Elections
26
Eminent Domain
27
Environmental Resources
28
Escheats
29
Federal Relations
30
Fish
31
Food
32
Forests, Waters and State Parks
33
Frauds, Statute of
34
Game
35
Health and Safety
36
Highways and Bridges
37
Historical and Museums
38
Holidays and Observances
39
Insolvency and Assignments
40
Insurance
41
(Reserved)
42
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
43
Labor
44
Law and Justice
45
Legal Notices
46
Legislature
47
Liquor
48
Lodging and Housing
49
Mechanics' Liens
50
Mental Health
51
Military Affairs
52
Mines and Mining
53
Municipalities Generally
54
Names
55
(Reserved)
56
(Reserved)
57
Notaries Public
58
Oil and Gas
59
Partnerships
60
Peddlers
61
Penal and Correctional Institutions
62
Procurement
63
Professions and Occupations (State
								  licensed)
64
Public Authorities and Quasi-Public
								  Corporations
65
Public Officers
66
Public Utilities
67
Public Welfare
68
Real and Personal Property
69
Savings and Validating Provisions
70
Securities
71
State Government
72
Taxation and Fiscal Affairs
73
Townships
74
Transportation
75
Vehicles
76
Weights, Measures and Standards
77
Workmen's Compensation
78
Zoning and Planning
79
Supplementary Provisions
(c)
Change in
					 classification.
-Pursuant to
					 1
					 Pa.C.S. §
												306 (relating to bills to
					 amend the Consolidated Statutes), the Bureau shall determine whether the number
					 or name of a title established under the Statutes shall be changed and whether
					 titles shall be added or deleted. Where a change in the classification set
					 forth in subsection (b) is indicated as a result of preliminary work on a
					 revision bill, the matter should be brought to the attention of the Director of
					 the Bureau for consideration. Except for Title 1 (General Provisions) and Title
					 79 (Supplementary Provisions), the concept of the classification system is to
					 maintain the headings of the titles in alphabetical order.
This section cited in 101 Pa. Code §
													21.14 (relating to Purdon's
						  Statutes classification); and 101 Pa. Code §
													23.1 (relating to
						  titles).