46 Pa. Stat. § 86

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 86 - Preparation and delivery of copy; time for printing and delivery of Journal; fines for delay; return and filing of copy

All copy for the said Legislative Journal is to be furnished to the Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding, daily, in typewritten form where practicable, by the Legislative Journal clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, whose duty it is to assist in the preparation of the same,--said copy to be prepared under the direction of the chief clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives,--and the proceedings of both Houses are to be printed in the said Legislative Journal and delivered, as herein provided, not later than the day following the receipt of said copy from the chief clerk of either or chief clerks of both Houses, by the Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding, whose duty it shall be to see that the same is printed as speedily as possible. Any failure of the contractor or contractors to print and deliver the said Legislative Journal to the sergeant-at-arms, and the superintendents of the folding rooms of the two Houses, and the Legislative Reference Bureau, within twenty-four hours from the receipt by him of the complete copy, shall, unless otherwise ordered by the Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding for reasonable cause, subject said contractor or contractors to a fine of five hundred dollars for each and every day such failure occurs, to be paid to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the use of said Commonwealth, and to be collected as other fines are now collectible by law. The Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding shall have all the copy of the Legislative Journal returned to the chief official reporter of the house from which received, at least once a week, and whenever so required by the said chief official reporter; and the same shall be kept on file in the offices of the official reporters of the respective Houses for a period of one year after the final adjournment of the Legislature.

46 P.S. § 86

1919, July 12, P.L. 941, § 5.