101 Pa. Code § 13.21 - Existing law
(a)
Preliminary search. On being given an assignment, the
draftsman first finds the present statute on the subject if there is one. The
index to Purdon's Statutes is the most comprehensive guide to this information.
The indexes in the Laws of Pennsylvania may be helpful if there is reason to
believe that the statute is of a particular year or period of time. If the
statute on the general subject has been compiled in a bulletin, the table of
contents and index of the bulletin may be consulted.
(b)
Full text computer
search. The entire text of Purdon's Statutes is presently available in
computer-searchable form through the facilities of the Legislative Date
Processing Center, Room 47, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. By
framing an appropriate search question it is possible to locate all sections of
Purdon's Statutes which contain a specified word, term or phrase.
(c)
Existing law adequate.
At times the preliminary search reveals that what is proposed is already the
law. In that case the attention of the proponent is called to that fact and no
bill will be prepared.
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