Publication and distribution - 1 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 501

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                                CHAPTER 5
                       OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
                          CONSOLIDATED STATUTES

     Sec.
     501.  Publication and distribution.
     502.  Preparation and contents.
     503.  Official status of publication.

        Enactment.  Present Chapter 5 was added June 17, 1974,
     P.L.330, No.107, effective immediately.
        Prior Provisions.  Former Chapter 5, which related to
     publication of laws, was added November 25, 1970, P.L.707,
     No.230, and repealed December 6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290,
     effective immediately. The subject matter is now contained in
     section 1104 of this title.
        Cross References.  Chapter 5 is referred to in section 1105
     of this title.
     § 501.  Publication and distribution.
        (a)  General rule.--The Legislative Reference Bureau may
     compile, edit, publish, print, supplement and revise or contract
     directly or through the Legislative Printing Clerk for the
     compilation, editing, publishing, printing, supplementation or
     revision of an official publication of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes and amendments thereto. It shall be the
     duty of the Department of Property and Supplies, upon request of
     the bureau, to arrange for the prompt distribution of the
     official publication and the supplements thereto and revisions
     thereof in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. This
     publication shall be in addition to the publication of advance
     copies of statutes and the Laws of Pennsylvania except that the
     bureau, when authorized by concurrent resolution of the General
     Assembly, may reduce the number of such statutes and laws
     published and printed and provide for the manner of their
     distribution and a fee to be charged for certain distributions.
        (b)  Sale and distribution.--The prices to be charged for
     individual copies of and subscriptions to the official
     publication, the supplements thereto and revisions thereof, for
     reprints and bound volumes thereof, which prices may be fixed
     without reference to the restrictions placed upon and fixed for
     the sale of other publications of the Commonwealth, and the
     number of copies which shall be distributed free for official
     use shall be established by the bureau. Without limiting the
     generality of the foregoing, the bureau may provide for the free
     reciprocal exchange of publications between this Commonwealth
     and other states and foreign jurisdictions and for the free
     distribution of at least one copy of every publication printed
     under authority of this chapter to each:
            (1)  County for the use of its law library.
            (2)  Member of the General Assembly at the post office
        address specified by him.
            (3)  Law school library which pursuant to rules of court
        receives copies of printed briefs and records filed in the
        Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
        (c)  Payments and disposition of moneys.--Payments for
     documents published by authority of this chapter shall be made
     to the Department of Property and Supplies which shall pay the
     same into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.
     Such moneys are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
     Legislative Reference Bureau to carry out the provisions of this
     chapter.

        Prior Provisions.  Former section 501, which related to
     publication of amendments to the Consolidated Statutes, was
     added November 25, 1970, P.L.707, No.230, and repealed December
     6, 1972, P.L.1339, No.290, effective immediately. The subject
     matter is now contained in section 1104 of this title.
        References in Text.  The Department of Property and Supplies,
     referred to in section 501, is now the Department of General
     Services.
        Suspension of Inconsistent Laws.  See section 5 of Act 107 of
     1974 in the appendix to this title for provisions relating to
     suspension of laws inconsistent with a concurrent resolution
     adopted pursuant to section 501.
        Cross References.  Section 501 is referred to in section 502
     of this title.

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