Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL
Chapter 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter B - SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE SUBJECT MATTER
Section 21.13 - Pa.C.S. classification
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Use of classification system.-The Statutes themselves set forth a basic subject classification system, which may be used as a starting point. However, although one particular Pa.S. title may be selected as the focus of the revision effort, it will frequently be necessary to transfer provisions of prior statutory law from the principal title to one which more appropriately covers the transferred provisions. For example, the former provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933, relating to cemeteries, private police and hospitalization plans, were incorporated into Title 9 (Burial Grounds), Title 22 (Detectives and Private Police) and Title 40 (Insurance), respectively, by the act of November 15, 1972 (P. L. 1063, No. 271).
(b) Contents of classification system.-The classification system of the Statutes is as follows:
|
Title Number |
Subject |
|
1 |
General Provisions |
|
2 |
Administrative Law and Procedure |
|
3 |
Agriculture |
|
4 |
Amusements |
|
5 |
(Reserved) |
|
6 |
Bailees and Factors |
|
7 |
Banks and Banking |
|
8 |
Boroughs and Incorporated Towns |
|
9 |
Burial Grounds |
|
10 |
Charities |
|
11 |
Cities |
|
12 |
Commerce and Trade |
|
13 |
Commercial Code |
|
14 |
Community Affairs |
|
15 |
Corporations and Unincorporated Associations |
|
16 |
Counties |
|
17 |
(Reserved) |
|
18 |
Crimes and Offenses |
|
19 |
(Reserved) |
|
20 |
Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries |
|
21 |
(Reserved) |
|
22 |
Detectives and Private Police |
|
23 |
Domestic Relations |
|
24 |
Education |
|
25 |
Elections |
|
26 |
Eminent Domain |
|
27 |
Environmental Resources |
|
28 |
Escheats |
|
29 |
Federal Relations |
|
30 |
Fish |
|
31 |
Food |
|
32 |
Forests, Waters and State Parks |
|
33 |
Frauds, Statute of |
|
34 |
Game |
|
35 |
Health and Safety |
|
36 |
Highways and Bridges |
|
37 |
Historical and Museums |
|
38 |
Holidays and Observances |
|
39 |
Insolvency and Assignments |
|
40 |
Insurance |
|
41 |
(Reserved) |
|
42 |
Judiciary and Judicial Procedure |
|
43 |
Labor |
|
44 |
Law and Justice |
|
45 |
Legal Notices |
|
46 |
Legislature |
|
47 |
Liquor |
|
48 |
Lodging and Housing |
|
49 |
Mechanics' Liens |
|
50 |
Mental Health |
|
51 |
Military Affairs |
|
52 |
Mines and Mining |
|
53 |
Municipalities Generally |
|
54 |
Names |
|
55 |
(Reserved) |
|
56 |
(Reserved) |
|
57 |
Notaries Public |
|
58 |
Oil and Gas |
|
59 |
Partnerships |
|
60 |
Peddlers |
|
61 |
Penal and Correctional Institutions |
|
62 |
Procurement |
|
63 |
Professions and Occupations (State licensed) |
|
64 |
Public Authorities and Quasi-Public Corporations |
|
65 |
Public Officers |
|
66 |
Public Utilities |
|
67 |
Public Welfare |
|
68 |
Real and Personal Property |
|
69 |
Savings and Validating Provisions |
|
70 |
Securities |
|
71 |
State Government |
|
72 |
Taxation and Fiscal Affairs |
|
73 |
Townships |
|
74 |
Transportation |
|
75 |
Vehicles |
|
76 |
Weights, Measures and Standards |
|
77 |
Workmen's Compensation |
|
78 |
Zoning and Planning |
|
79 |
Supplementary Provisions |
(c) Change in classification.-Pursuant to 1 Pa.C.S. § 306 (relating to bills to amend the Consolidated Statutes), the Bureau shall determine whether the number or name of a title established under the Statutes shall be changed and whether titles shall be added or deleted. Where a change in the classification set forth in subsection (b) is indicated as a result of preliminary work on a revision bill, the matter should be brought to the attention of the Director of the Bureau for consideration. Except for Title 1 (General Provisions) and Title 79 (Supplementary Provisions), the concept of the classification system is to maintain the headings of the titles in alphabetical order.
This section cited in 101 Pa. Code § 21.14 (relating to Purdon's Statutes classification); and 101 Pa. Code § 23.1 (relating to titles).
