Deposit of documents required - 45 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 722

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     § 722.  Deposit of documents required.
        (a)  General rule.--Two duplicate original copies, certified
     by the executive officer, chairman or secretary of the agency,
     or by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts or the
     clerk or prothonotary of the Supreme Court, in the case of a
     judicial document, of any document required or authorized to be
     published under this subchapter, shall be deposited with the
     Legislative Reference Bureau. If the bureau finds that such
     document has been approved as to legality, if such approval is
     required by 2 Pa.C.S. § 305 (relating to approval as to
     legality), and is in the form and format required by any
     applicable regulations promulgated under 2 Pa.C.S. § 306
     (relating to format of regulations) or section 509 of this title
     (relating to format of documents), it shall file such document,
     assign thereto and indicate thereon a distinctive serial number,
     and indicate thereon the date and time of filing.
        (b)  Disposition of copies.--Upon such filing one copy shall
     be immediately available for public inspection and copying under
     regulations promulgated by the joint committee, which copy shall
     be retained by the bureau for one year after the publication
     thereof, whereupon it shall be forwarded to the Pennsylvania
     Historical and Museum Commission for preservation in the
     Commonwealth archives. The other copy shall be transmitted
     immediately to the Department of General Services, or to a
     printer designated by it, for publication as provided in this
     subchapter.
        (c)  Effect of failure to file.--Every agency, the
     Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts and the clerk or
     prothonotary of the Supreme Court shall cause to be transmitted
     to the bureau for deposit as herein provided two certified
     duplicate original copies of all documents issued, prescribed or
     promulgated by the agency or the unified judicial system which
     are required by or pursuant to this subchapter or any other
     provision of law to be deposited or published, or both, under
     this part; in default of which any such document, except a
     document rendered entirely void by such default pursuant to 2
     Pa.C.S. § 308 (relating to unfiled administrative regulations
     invalid) or any similar provision of law, shall be effective
     only to the extent provided in section 903 of this title
     (relating to effective date of documents). If an agency and the
     bureau disagree concerning the form or format of a document
     required or authorized to be deposited with the bureau, the
     agency may refer the matter to the joint committee, which shall
     resolve the conflict pursuant to the standards and procedures
     provided by section 723 of this title (relating to processing of
     deposited documents).
        (d)  Home rule charter documents and optional plans of
     government.--
            (1)  The clerk of the city council of any city of the
        first class shall cause a certified copy of the full text of
        any home rule charter or amendment or repeal as approved by
        the electors to be filed in the Department of Community
        Affairs (and in the office of the secretary of the board of
        public education, in the case of a charter provision
        affecting the school district of the city) immediately
        following the final certification of the return of the votes
        cast on the question of the adoption, amendment or repeal of
        a home rule charter.
            (2)  In the case of any other political subdivision
        authorized to adopt a home rule charter or optional plan of
        government, the county board of elections shall file the
        documents relating thereto in the Department of Community
        Affairs and in other public offices as provided by the act of
        April 13, 1972 (P.L.184, No.62), known as the "Home Rule
        Charter and Optional Plans Law."
            (3)  The Department of Community Affairs shall, within
        ten days after receipt of any home rule charter or amendment
        or repeal or any optional plan of government as approved by
        the electors of any part of this Commonwealth, certify two
        duplicate original copies of the full text thereof and
        deposit such certified copies with the Legislative Reference
        Bureau.
     (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)

        1978 Amendment.  Act 53 amended subsec. (c).
        Transfer of Functions.  Section 301(a)(16) of Act 58 of 1996
     provided that all other powers and duties delegated to the
     Department of Community Affairs not otherwise expressly
     transferred elsewhere by Act 58 and currently performed by the
     Department of Community Affairs under section 722 are
     transferred to the Department of Community and Economic
     Development.
        References in Text.  The Department of Community Affairs,
     referred to in subsec. (d), was abolished by Act 58 of 1996 and
     its functions were transferred to the Department of Community
     and Economic Development.

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