(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (c), all documents required or authorized by section 702 (relating to contents of Pennsylvania Code) to be codified in the code, and all other documents required or authorized by section 725 (relating to additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin) to be published, shall be published in the first available issue of an official gazette, known as the "Pennsylvania Bulletin," published after the filing of such documents by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
(b) Frequency and format of bulletin.--The following shall apply:
(1) The bulletin shall be published at least once each week and shall contain all previously unpublished documents duly filed prior to the closing date and hour of the issue, which date and hour shall appear upon the first page of such issue. All issues of the bulletin shall contain a table of contents. A cumulative index shall be published at least once each three months.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the joint committee may provide for different publication of the bulletin and indices as circumstances may require.
(3) There shall be published with each document under this section a notation of the date of filing thereof.
(c) Official synopsis.--The joint committee may provide for the publication of an official synopsis of a document in the bulletin in lieu of the full text thereof in any case where the full text of such document will be published pursuant to section 726 (relating to permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code) within 120 days of the publication of such official synopsis.
(Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days; Nov. 5, 2021, P.L.427, No.82, eff. imd.)
2021 Amendment. Act 82 amended subsec. (b). See section 1 of Act 82 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to findings and declarations.
2014 Amendment. Act 133 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).
Cross References. Section 724 is referred to in section 732 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 7 - Codification and Publication of Documents
Section 701 - Official codification created
Section 702 - Contents of Pennsylvania Code
Section 721 - Publication of official codification
Section 722 - Deposit of documents required
Section 723 - Processing of deposited documents
Section 724 - Preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin
Section 725 - Additional contents of Pennsylvania Bulletin
Section 726 - Permanent supplements to Pennsylvania Code
Section 727 - Matter not required to be published
Section 728 - Matter not permitted to be published
Section 729 - Publication of individual documents
Section 730 - Pricing and distribution of published documents
Section 731 - Automatic subscriptions (Deleted by amendment)