Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL
Chapter 15 - STATUTES
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 15.5 - Reenactments of existing law

Universal Citation: 101 PA Code ยง 15.5

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Use. Reenactments of existing statutes are used to:

(1) Continue in effect a statute that is about to expire.

(2) Extend the statute to a new agency or set of circumstances.

(3) Cure a defect in an existing statute, such as a failure to give notice in the title of a provision of the statute.

(4) Harmonize the language of amendments of the same provision of a statute so as to make it less confusing.

(b) Form. The form of a reenactment is the same as that for an amendment, with the exception that the recital is "is reenacted" instead of "is amended." If a reenactment includes a change in the provision being reenacted, the recital is, "is reenacted and amended."

(c) Original enactments. Another form of reenactment, not designated as such, is the setting up in the form of original legislation the provisions of an existing statute or a number of statutes. In these cases, the statute or statutes to be incorporated in the new bill are always specifically cited for repeal either absolutely or to the extent which they are covered by the new enactment.

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