A Look Ahead to Next Week Committee Meetings of Interest to Townships (All meetings are at the Capitol in Harrisburg unless otherwise noted)   Monday, 5/9: – The House Labor and Industry Committee will consider: HB 916 (Amends the Unemployment Compensation Law…

NEW ACT Act 1 of 2011 (HB 377): Signed: April 25, 2011  Major provisions: * Amends the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act (Act 45 of 1999) to exclude the automatic fire sprinkler requirements in the 2009 ICC International Residential Code from the UCC….

PSATS Week in Review It was only a matter of time, but legislation was reintroduced this session to levy a fee on most municipalities that rely solely or partly on the State Police for local patrol services.  HB 1228 (like House Bill…

Members of the state Senate Education Committee unveiled a sweeping package of legislative proposals Tuesday to give public schools relief from state mandates so they can better cope with looming cuts in state aid.  The 18 bills would include requiring a two-thirds…

– SB 237 (Tartaglione, R-Philadelphia) (PN 722): Would amend Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) in budget and finance, to stipulate that when prosecution under any other provision of Title 75 (Vehicles) is the result of State Police action, but occurs in…