Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 25.24 - Insertion of operative language of bill(a)General rule.-The bill is in the form of an amendment to a particular title of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. Accordingly, the bill should be analyzed in the usual manner appropriate to an amendatory bill and the proper instructions inserted, as follows:Section 1. Title 9 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding parts to read: ***
Section 2. Chapter 5 of Title 54 is amended by adding a subchapter to read: ***
Section 3. Section 6329 of Title 68 is amended to read: ***
(b)Substitution of major subdivision.-If an entire subchapter, chapter or other major subdivision is revised and reenacted in the bill, the instruction relating to the new text is immediately preceded by an instruction repealing the superseded text, as follows:Section 1. Chapter 35 of Title 1 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is repealed.Section 2. Part V of Title 1 is amended by adding a chapter to read: PART V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS * * * CHAPTER 35 PUBLICATION OF LAWS
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(c)Conforming changes to other titles.-Titles of the Statutes should be cited for amendment in ascending numerical order as in the case of other bills. However, if a bill constitutes an addition or revision of an entire title or major subdivision thereof, conforming amendments to other titles may appear following the amendment adding or revising the principal title even though they are lower in number than the principal title.