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Preparation and contents - 1 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 502

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     § 502.  Preparation and contents.
        (a)  General rule.--In compiling and editing the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes and amendments thereto for publication,
     the bureau may:
            (1)  Omit provisions of the amendatory acts which do not
        become a part of the structure of this act or which do not
        constitute part of the law as provided in section 1101(b) of
        this title (relating to enacting clause and unofficial
        provisions).
            (2)  Include the provisions or a summary of the
        provisions referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection in
        a footnote, appendix, table or other form at such a place and
        in such a manner as it deems appropriate but any unofficial
        provisions so included shall not constitute part of the law.
            (3)  Include tables of contents, summary analyses, source
        notes, parallel tables, indexes, cross references to statutes
        and regulations, and such other provisions, whether or not
        contained in this act or in any amendment or amendments to
        this act, as the bureau deems appropriate but any unofficial
        provisions so included shall not constitute part of the law.
            (4)  Include the Constitution of Pennsylvania and
        proposed amendments thereto as well as selected general and
        permanent laws and amendments thereto.
            (5)  Establish a form of citation of such publication or
        any part thereof which may be used for the purpose of
        drafting amendments to this act and for other purposes not
        inconsistent with the provisions of section 102 of this title
        (relating to citation of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes)
        and section 303 of this title (relating to cross references
        between provisions of the Consolidated Statutes).
        (b)  Approvals by legislative officers.--The President pro
     tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
     Representatives shall approve:
            (1)  The form and contents of the publication prepared by
        the bureau.
            (2)  All contracts entered into by the bureau or the
        Legislative Printing Clerk pursuant to section 501(a) of this
        title (relating to publication and distribution).
            (3)  All regulations and decisions of the bureau relating
        to the distribution of the publication and the prices to be
        charged for such publications pursuant to section 501(b) of
        this title (relating to publication and distribution).

        Cross References.  Section 502 is referred to in sections
     503, 1105 of this title.

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