

     § 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).

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