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Volume 33 Number 50 Saturday, December 13, 2003 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 6005—6196 See Part II page 6137 for the Part I Department of Agriculture’s Agencies in this issue: Food Code Regulations The General Assembly The Courts Department of Agriculture Department of Banking Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Labor and Industry Department of State Department of Transportation Fish and Boat Commission Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 6007 CONTENTS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT OF STATE Recent actions during the 2003 regular session of Notices the General Assembly (3 documents) ....... 6014, 6015 Complaint procedures under section 402(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and section 1206.2 of the Pennsylvania Election Code ............... 6119 THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Notices DISCIPLINARY BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT Finding ..........................................6124 Notice of suspension ..............................6044 FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION LOCAL COURT RULES Rules and Regulations Erie County Fishing; boating ..................................6061 Register of wills and clerk of Orphans’ Court sched- INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW ule of fees and costs; no. 3 of 2003 ...............6043 COMMISSION RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Notices Support guidelines review; recommendation 67 .....6016 Notice of comments issued ........................6124 Notice of filing of final rulemakings ................6125 INSURANCE DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVE AGENCIES Notices Acquisition of a controlling interest ................6125 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Aetna Health, Inc.; rate filing .....................6125 Rules and Regulations Conseco Senior Health Insurance Company; rate Food code (Part II)................................6137 filing...........................................6125 Review procedure hearings; cancellation or refusal DEPARTMENT OF BANKING of insurance ....................................6126 Notices LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Action on applications.............................6065 Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Expiration of leases ...............................6126 Notices MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS’ EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMISSION Applications, actions and special notices............6066 Request for applications for watershed restoration Rules and Regulations and protection grants through the Growing Administration of the training program ............6046 Greener Program ............................... 6117 Notices 2004 mandatory in-service training program........6127 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Notices Rules and Regulations State contracts information........................6130 Generic competitive safeguards ....................6047 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Notices Notices Natural gas service ...............................6127 Procedural schedule for comment and reply com- Availability of Title V funds through mini-grants to ment on New York Public Service Commission support elimination of barriers to community in- case no. 97-C-0139 ..............................6127 clusion for children/youth with special health care Rulemaking regarding amended electric service reli- needs .......................................... 6118 ability regulations for electric distribution compa- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY nies; doc. no. L-00030161........................6128 Service of notice of motor carrier applications (2 Notices documents) .....................................6128 Current Prevailing Wage Act debarments........... 6118 Water and wastewater service .....................6129 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 33, NO. 50, DECEMBER 13, 2003 6008 READER’S GUIDE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AND PENNSYLVANIA CODE Pennsylvania Bulletin Bulletin before it can take effect. If the agency The Pennsylvania Bulletin is the official gazette of wishes to adopt changes to the Notice of Proposed the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is published Rulemaking to enlarge the scope, they must re- every week and includes a table of contents. A propose. cumulative subject matter index is published quar- Citation to the Pennsylvania Bulletin terly. Cite material in the Pennsylvania Bulletin by The Pennsylvania Bulletin serves several pur- volume number and page number. 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