Pennsylvania § 306 - Bills to amend the Consolidated Statutes.

§ 306. Bills to amend the Consolidated Statutes.

(a) Conformity with requirements of chapter.--Bills to amend this act shall be drafted to conform with the structure of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, as provided in this chapter.

(b) Bureau to insure conformity of bills.--The Legislative Reference Bureau shall insure that all bills to amend this act conform with the requirement of subsection (a) of this section and other requirements established by the bureau pursuant to this section. Agencies and persons submitting requests for bills to amend this act shall allow the bureau sufficient time to make the necessary review and revision prior to final drafting of the bill by the bureau and shall, upon request or pursuant to requirements established by the bureau, submit copies or information for preparation of tables of contents, source notes and parallel tables for the use or information of the bureau, the General Assembly, governmental agencies and the public.

(c) Bureau to determine form of bill and title changes.--In drafting bills requested by members of the General Assembly or other duly authorized agencies and persons, the bureau shall determine whether the bill shall be drafted in the form of an amendment to this act or in the form of an original enactment or amendment to another statute and shall draft the bill according to such determination. The bureau shall also determine whether the number or name of a title established under this act shall be changed and whether titles shall be added or deleted. This subsection shall not authorize the bureau to refuse to draft a bill in a manner expressly insisted upon by a member of the General Assembly nor shall it be construed as prohibiting the enactment of a law the form of which is contrary to the determination or advice of the bureau.

(d) Bureau may adopt regulations and initiate amendments.--The Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau may adopt and enforce rules, regulations, instructions and forms to carry out the powers and duties of the bureau under this act or other statute and the bureau may, from time to time, upon its own initiative, draft amendments to this act for consideration by the General Assembly.

(e) Validity of law unaffected by nonconformity.--No law or any part thereof shall be invalid because it is not enacted in conformity with this title or requirements established pursuant to this section.

(May 10, 1974, P.L.290, No.89, eff. imd.)

1974 Amendment. Act 89 lettered existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) to (e).