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45 Pa.C.S. § 901 Official text of published documents.

(a) General rule.--The official text, as published as provided in Subchapter B of Chapter 7 (relating to publication of documents), of any document required or authorized to be published in the code, the permanent supplements thereto, or the bulletin, shall from the date of such publication be the only valid and enforceable text of such document regardless of any discrepancy between such official text and the agency text of such document. Thereafter any amendment to such document shall be drawn as an amendment to the official text thereof. If an agency discovers a discrepancy between the agency text and the official text of a document, the agency shall forthwith deposit, without regard to the requirements of 2 Pa.C.S. § 301 (relating to notice of proposed rule making) and 2 Pa.C.S. § 302 (relating to adoption of administrative regulations) with the Legislative Reference Bureau an appropriate corrective amendment to the official text, and the agency may specify that such amendment shall be effective as of the effective date of the defective official text, but only persons who have had actual knowledge of the discrepancy shall be affected by such amendment prior to the publication of the official text thereof in the manner prescribed in this part. The purpose of this section is to permit the public to rely absolutely upon the correctness of the text of a regulation, statement of policy or other document as published in the code, the supplements thereto, or the bulletin by declaring such published text to be the only legal evidence of the valid and enforceable text of such regulation, statement of policy or other document. (b) Home rule charter documents and optional plans of government.--(Deleted by amendment). (Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days) 2014 Amendment. Act 133 deleted subsec. (b). Cross References. Section 901 is referred to in section 902 of this title.

45 Pa.C.S. § 902 Certification of official text.

Each title or part of the code and each permanent supplement thereto shall contain a certificate by the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau that such title or part or permanent supplement thereto contains all documents required pursuant to section 702 (relating to contents of Pennsylvania Code) to be codified therein officially filed for public inspection prior to the closing date of such permanent supplement, by the government unit or units to which such title or part relates, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of such fact in the case of documents issued, prescribed or promulgated by an agency. If an agency discovers an omission in such title or part, such omission shall be governed by the provisions of section 901 (relating to official text of published documents).

45 Pa.C.S. § 903 Effective date of documents.

No otherwise valid document which is required by or pursuant to this part or by any other provision of law to be published under this part, shall be valid as against any person who has not had actual knowledge thereof until such publication has been effected. Publication shall be deemed to have been effected upon the deposit of the bulletin or the permanent supplement to the code containing such document in the United States mail for distribution. The issue date of the bulletin and of the permanent supplement to the code shall be the day of such deposit, and, in the case of the bulletin, such date shall be indicated prominently upon the first page of each issue thereof. (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days) Cross References. Section 903 is referred to in sections 722, 906 of this title.

45 Pa.C.S. § 904 Constructive notice.

Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute other than a provision of this title, the publication under this part of any document required or authorized by this part to be so published shall, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in law, be sufficient to give notice of the contents of such document to any person subject thereto or affected thereby.

45 Pa.C.S. § 905 Presumptions created.

The publication in the code, the permanent supplements thereto, or the bulletin of any document shall create a rebuttable presumption: (1) That it was duly issued, prescribed or promulgated. (2) (Deleted by amendment). (3) That there has been compliance with all of the following applicable to such document: (i) Section 612 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929. (ii) The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth Documents Law. (iii) Sections 204(b) and 301(10) of the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act. (iv) The act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act. (v) This part. (vi) 1 Pa. Code Pt. I (relating to Joint Committee on Documents). (Sept. 24, 2014, P.L.2461, No.133, eff. 60 days)

45 Pa.C.S. § 906 Reasonable notice of hearing.

Whenever notice of hearing or of opportunity to be heard is required or authorized to be given by the Commonwealth government by or under any statute, or may otherwise properly be given, the notice, except in cases where notice by publication is insufficient in law, shall be deemed to have been given to all persons residing within this Commonwealth, and to all persons owning or having any interest in any property situated within the limits thereof, if said notice shall be published in the bulletin at such time that the period between the date of publication as specified in section 903(a) (relating to effective date of documents) and the date fixed in such notice for the hearing or for the termination of the opportunity to be heard shall be: (1) not less than the time specified for the publication of the notice by the appropriate statute; or (2) not less than 15 days when no time for publication is specified by statute, without prejudice, however, to the effectiveness of any notice of less than 15 days where such shorter period is reasonable.

45 Pa.C.S. § 907 Additional notice unnecessary.

(a) General rule.--Except with respect to the time specified for the publication of notice, the publication by the Commonwealth government of any notice in the manner provided by this part shall constitute full compliance with law notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any statute. (b) Additional notice if not prohibited.--Nothing in this part shall prohibit the Commonwealth government from giving notice in such manner, or if notice has been given in the manner prescribed by this part, in such supplemental manner, as is not inconsistent with regulations promulgated by the joint committee with respect to Commonwealth agencies. APPENDIX TO TITLE 45 LEGAL NOTICES ------- Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes ------- 1976, JULY 9, P.L.877, NO.160

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