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Pennsylvania Bulletin Volume 29 (1999) Repository 12-11-1999 December 11, 1999 (Pages 6225-6312) Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_1999 Recommended Citation Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau, "December 11, 1999 (Pages 6225-6312)" (1999). Volume 29 (1999). 50. https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/pabulletin_1999/50 This December is brought to you for free and open access by the Pennsylvania Bulletin Repository at Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Volume 29 (1999) by an authorized administrator of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Digital Repository. PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 29 Number 50 Saturday, December 11, 1999 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 6225—6312 Agencies in this issue: The General Assembly The Courts Department of Banking Department of Community and Economic Development Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Public Welfare Department of Revenue Department of Transportation Health Care Cost Containment Council Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Office of the Budget Office of General Counsel Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 6227 Contents THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Rates of tax on aviation gasoline and jet fuel for 2000; oil company franchise tax rate for 2000.....6288 Recent actions during the 1999 regular session of the General Assembly ...........................6235 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Notices THE COURTS Application for lease of right of way; District 5-0....6289 JUDICAL CONDUCT Retention of engineering firms.....................6289 Notice of adoption of formal opinion 99-1, formal HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL opinion 99-2, and formal opinion 99-3 ............6236 Notices JUDICAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS Mandated benefits (2 documents) ............ 6291, 6292 Amendment of Rules 203 and 204 of the Pennsylva- INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW nia Bar Admission Rules; No. 231; Supreme Court COMMISSION Rules; doc. No. 1................................6236 Notices LOCAL COURT RULES Notice of comments issued ........................6293 Erie County Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................6296 Revision and restatement of rules of civil proce- INSURANCE DEPARTMENT dure ...........................................6239 Notices PHILADELPHIA RULES Alleged violation of insurance laws: President judge general court regulation no. 99-03; Danny J. Ament ................................6296 amendment of Phila. R. Civ. P. No. 2561 .........6238 Michael Bowman ...............................6296 Application and request for a certificate of author- EXECUTIVE AGENCIES ity: Christ the King Manor, Inc. .....................6297 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Moravian Village of Bethlehem, Inc. .............6297 Notices LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Action on applications.............................6266 Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC Expiration of leases ...............................6297 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE BUDGET Notices Notices Emergency shelter grant program..................6267 Statutory cost of living increases for salaries of DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION State officials and heads of departments, boards Rules and Regulations and commissions................................6297 Corrective amendment to 25 Pa. Code § 121.1 ......6241 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL Notices Notices Applications, actions and special notices ...........6268 Bond counsel invitation to qualify..................6299 Availability of technical guidance ..................6287 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES Proposed Rulemaking Notices Updating and revising existing filing require- Contract awards .................................. 6311 ment...........................................6257 State contracts information........................6304 Notices DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Frank Colombo, Jr., t/a Glenburn Services Com- Notices pany—wastewater ..............................6302 Advisory Health Board meeting....................6287 National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation—gas service .........................................6300 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......6300 Rules and Regulations PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL PORT AUTHORITY Subsidized child day care eligibility ................6242 Notices DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Condensed balance sheet and condensed statement Rules and Regulations of operations ...................................6299 Personal Income Tax; definitions; net profits and Request for proposals .............................6300 regulated investment companies .................6249 TURNPIKE COMMISSION Notices Notices Pennsylvania Tic Tac Toe ’00 instant lottery game . 6287 Retention of an engineering firm...................6302 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 29, NO. 50, DECEMBER 11, 1999 6228 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. 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