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Publication of notice of application for local or special legislation - 1 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1102

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     § 1102.  Publication of notice of application for local or
                special legislation.
        (a)  General rule.--No local or special bill to enact a local
     or special statute shall be passed by the General Assembly,
     unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall be
     published, once a week for four successive weeks, in not less
     than two newspapers of general circulation, and also in the
     legal journal, if any, published in the county or in each of the
     several counties where the matter or thing affected may be.
     Where the matter or thing affected is in a municipality,
     publication shall be made in two newspapers of general
     circulation published in such municipality, if any, and, if
     none, then in two newspapers published in the county, and, in
     either event, also in the legal journal, if any, published in
     the county. Where only one newspaper of general circulation is
     published in a county or in a municipality, publication in such
     one newspaper and in the legal journal, if any, shall be deemed
     sufficient.
        (b)  Time of first publication.--The first publication shall
     be at least 30 days prior to, and within three months
     immediately preceding, the introduction of the bill into the
     General Assembly.
        (c)  Content and signing of notice.--The notice shall set
     forth the full title and the purposes of the bill, and shall be
     signed by one of the parties applying therefor.
        (d)  Filing proof of publication.--Proof of publication in
     each newspaper and legal journal, verified by affidavit, shall
     be filed with the bill when it is introduced.
        (e)  Exception from notice requirement.--Notice shall not be
     required to be given under this section of a proposal to repeal
     a local or special statute by any of the following:
            (1)  A general bill which codifies, compiles or revises
        the law or any part thereof.
            (2)  A bill which:
                (i)  only eliminates obsolete statutory provisions;
            and
                (ii)  makes specific reference in its title to that
            elimination.
     (Oct. 30, 2001, P.L.815, No.79, eff. imd.)

        2001 Amendment.  Act 79 amended subsecs. (a) and (e).

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