PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 28 Number 48 Saturday, November 28, 1998 • Harrisburg, Pa
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PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN Volume 28 Number 48 Saturday, November 28, 1998 • Harrisburg, Pa. Pages 5837—5854 Agencies in this issue: The General Assembly The Courts Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs Department of Banking Department of Environmental Protection Department of General Services Department of Health Department of Labor and Industry Department of Revenue Department of Transportation Independent Regulatory Review Commission Insurance Department Liquor Control Board Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss Fund Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission State Board of Auctioneer Examiners State Board of Veterinary Medicine State Ethics Commission State Police Turnpike Commission Detailed list of contents appears inside. 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Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-3198. 5839 Contents THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY Cost-of-living factor under the Public Official Com- Rules and Regulations pensation Law..................................5848 Construction of prisons, jails, reformatories and houses of correction .............................5867 Notices THE COURTS Current Prevailing Wage Act debarments...........5929 JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION RULES DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Amendment of Rule 702 of the Pennsylvania Rules Notices of Judicial Administration; no. 198 judicial admin- Pennsylvania Fat Cat Doubler instant lottery istration doc. no. 1 ..............................5849 game...........................................5930 JUDICIAL CONDUCT Pennsylvania Kash Kabob instant lottery game .....5930 Amendment of Canon 7B(2) of the Code of Judi- Pennsylvania Million Dollar Spin instant lottery cial Conduct; no 199 judicial administration doc. game...........................................5931 no.1...........................................5849 Pennsylvania Two For The Money instant lottery Amendment of Rule 15D(4) of the rules governing game...........................................5932 standards of conduct of district justices; no. 117 Realty transfer tax revised; 1997 common level ratio magisterial docket; no. 1 book 2 .................5850 real estate valuation factors .....................5932 Revenue-neutral reconciliation rate notice for the LOCAL COURT RULES tax year beginning January 1, 1999 ..............5932 Bucks County DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Local rules relating to divorce .....................5851 Rules and Regulations Erie County Temporary registration cards and plates............5872 Revision and restatement of the orphans’ court rules ..........................................5852 Notices Retention of engineering firms.....................5933 PHILADELPHIA RULES Residential placement providers—reporting require- INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW ments .........................................5850 COMMISSION Notices Notice of filing of final-form rulemakings ..........5937 EXECUTIVE AGENCIES INSURANCE DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL AND Notices OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS Application for merger of a domestic stock life in- Statements of Policy surance corporation with and into a nondomestic stock life insurance corporation .................5937 Schedule of civil penalties, guidelines for imposition Children’s Health Insurance Program; public meet- of civil penalties; procedures for appeal...........5883 ings............................................5938 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest; per- Notices sonal automobile rate revision; rate filing ........5938 Review procedure hearings; cancellation or refusal Action on applications.............................5887 of insurance (2 documents) ................ 5938, 5939 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD Notices Notices Applications, actions and special notices............5889 Expiration of leases ...............................5939 Availability of technical guidance ..................5929 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CATASTROPHE LOSS FUND Notices Notices Contract awards ..................................5953 State contracts information........................5945 Notice of and amount of surcharge .................5940 State surplus property division ....................5929 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Notices Pennsylvania Cancer Control Prevention and Re- search Advisory Board ..........................5929 Now Available Online at http://www.pabulletin.com PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 28, NO. 48, NOVEMBER 28, 1998 5840 PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION STATE ETHICS COMMISSION Notices Notices Borough of Kutztown—sewer service ...............5942 Public meeting ...................................5942 Borough of Kutztown—water service ...............5942 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation v. Rail- STATE POLICE road Ventures, Inc. et al.—railroad...............5940 Notices Service of notice of motor carrier applications.......5940 Implementation of the Pennsylvania Instant Check STATE BOARD OF AUCTIONEER EXAMINERS System.........................................5942 Rules and Regulations TURNPIKE COMMISSION Biennial renewal fees .............................5869 Notices STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Retention of an engineering or construction manage- Rules and Regulations ment firm ......................................5943 Professional conduct ..............................5870 PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 28, NO. 48, NOVEMBER 28, 1998 5841 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. 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