44 Pa.C.S. § 3
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Continuation of prior law.
Official statutory text
The addition of 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C is a continuation of the act of February 9, 1984 (P.L.3, No.2), known as the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act. The following apply:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C, all activities initiated under the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C. Resolutions, orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act and which are in effect on the effective date of this section shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified under 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C. Contracts, obligations and agreements entered into under the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act.
(2) Except as specified in paragraphs (3) and (4), any difference in language between 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C and the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administrative interpretation and implementation of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act.
(3) The following provisions of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act are obsolete and excluded from the addition of 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C:
(i) The exception for appointments upon the effective date of the act under the first sentence of section 3(c), the last sentence of section 3(g) and the first sentence of section 3(h) of the act.
(ii) (Reserved).
(iii) Section 8(b)(1) and (2) and (b.1)(1) and (2) of the act.
(4) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the addition of the following:
(i) 44 Pa.C.S. § 7427(g).
(ii) 44 Pa.C.S. § 7430(a), (b) and (b.1).
(5) A reference in any other act or regulation to the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act shall be deemed to be a reference to 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C.
Explanatory Note. Act 134 amended or added the heading of
(1) Except as otherwise provided in 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C, all activities initiated under the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C. Resolutions, orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act and which are in effect on the effective date of this section shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified under 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C. Contracts, obligations and agreements entered into under the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act are not affected nor impaired by the repeal of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act.
(2) Except as specified in paragraphs (3) and (4), any difference in language between 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C and the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administrative interpretation and implementation of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act.
(3) The following provisions of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act are obsolete and excluded from the addition of 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C:
(i) The exception for appointments upon the effective date of the act under the first sentence of section 3(c), the last sentence of section 3(g) and the first sentence of section 3(h) of the act.
(ii) (Reserved).
(iii) Section 8(b)(1) and (2) and (b.1)(1) and (2) of the act.
(4) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the addition of the following:
(i) 44 Pa.C.S. § 7427(g).
(ii) 44 Pa.C.S. § 7430(a), (b) and (b.1).
(5) A reference in any other act or regulation to the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Act shall be deemed to be a reference to 44 Pa.C.S. Ch. 74 Subch. C.
Explanatory Note. Act 134 amended or added the heading of
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