Every law Pennsylvania has passed

2,942 laws of the 1960s

Constitution of 1874

1. Second Class County Code - amend - county commissioners to make appropriations and payments to State Employes' Retirement Fund to establish reserves on account of certain former county employes

   Act 499 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

2. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - alternative methods of payment of benefits

   Act 500 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

3. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - leaves for certain State employes

   Act 501 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

4. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - reduction of superannuation and withdrawal allowances

   Act 502 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

5. Permanent Registration Act for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns and Townships - amend - notification of cancellation of registration

   Act 503 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

6. Barbers' License Law - amend - credit toward student or apprentice registration periods in certain cases

   Act 504 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

7. Second Class City Employe Pension Law - amend - authorizing withdrawal of service increment contributions by persons who retire before becoming entitled to any service increment

   Act 505 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

8. City of Philadelphia Fort Mifflin site acquisition law - amend - changing Mud Island occupancy rights from state to city

   Act 506 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

9. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - abolishing per capita taxes in first class school districts having a population of less than 1,500,000 persons, collection of due and delinquent taxes

   Act 507 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

10. First Class A School District Earned Income Tax Act

    Act 508 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

11. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - elimination of certain reductions in allowances in the case of members of the joint coverage group who elect to make additional contributions

    Act 509 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

12. Public School Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - elimination of certain reductions in allowances in the case of members of the joint coverage group who elect to make additional contributions

    Act 510 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

13. Borough Code - amend - creation or abolition of wards in boroughs

    Act 511 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

14. Conveyance - Commonwealth property in City of Lebanon, Lebanon County

    Act 512 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

15. Pennsylvania Loyalty Act - amend - excluding certain teachers who are subjects or citizens of foreign countries

    Act 513 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

16. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - changing membership of State Board of Medical Education and Licensure

    Act 514 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

17. Vehicle Code - amend - exempting Jewish Community Centers from payment of title and registration fees

    Act 515 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

18. Permanent Registration Act for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns and Townships - amend - death reports by registrars, cancellation of registration of persons reported dead

    Act 516 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

19. First Class City Permanent Registration Act - amend - death reports by registrars of vital statistics, cancellation of registration of persons reported dead

    Act 517 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

20. First class county clerk of courts fee law - amend - changing certain fees

    Act 518 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

21. Vehicle Code - amend - counterfeiting and other unlawful actions relating to registration plates, numbers and markets

    Act 519 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

22. County Code - amend - expenses of county officers attending association annual meetings

    Act 520 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

23. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - employment of professional and temporary professional employes of county boards of school directors

    Act 521 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

24. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - changing definition of professional employe

    Act 522 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

25. Land acquisition - acquisition of Commonwealth property in Norristown Borough, Montgomery County, for use of Norristown State Hospital

    Act 523 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

26. CPA Law - amend - certification and public practice of certified public accountants

    Act 524 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

27. Board and Commission Compensation Law

    Act 525 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

28. Official court stenographer law - amend - increasing compensation for stenographic notes

    Act 526 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

29. Conveyances - Commonwealth property in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, and Somerset Township, Somerset County - amend - changing conditions of sale

    Act 527 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

30. Anthracite Strip Mining Law - amend - further regulating anthracite strip mining operations, bonds, backfilling restoration permits, registration, including certain persons within the act, penalties

    Act 528 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

31. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - expenses of school directors attending certain meetings, expenses of certain employes incurred in furthering educational program of school district

    Act 529 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

32. Permanent Registration Act for Cities of the Second Class, Cities of the Second Class A, Cities of the Third Class, Boroughs, Towns and Townships - amend - printed or written statements, common pleas court duties, suspension in certain counties

    Act 530 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

33. Bituminous Coal Open Pit Mining Conservation Act - amend - regulating mining operations, changing provisions on bonds, filing dates, reports, registration, backfilling and overburden, including certain persons within the act, providing for use of funds

    Act 531 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

34. Building and Loan Code - amend - further defining and limiting the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of associations, further specifying types of collateral for mortgage loans

    Act 532 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

35. Military Code of 1949 - amend - discontinuing restricted use of funds realized from sale of armories, providing for expenditure of remaining balance in such restricted funds

    Act 533 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

36. State penal and welfare institution injured employe benefits law - amend - extending act to other employes

    Act 534 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

37. Adoption law of 1925 - amend - reducing minimum period of custody in an agency or institution necessary for voluntary relinquishment of custody of a child, changing provisions relating to hearings in certain cases

    Act 535 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

38. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - authorizing the printing and reproducing of study and curriculum materials by county commissioners in second class counties and providing for reimbursements therefor

    Act 536 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

39. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - further providing for creation of new election districts, fixing number of registered electors to be contained in election districts not using voting machines

    Act 537 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

40. Parking Authority Law - amend - sale or lease of space above parking facility for commercial purposes

    Act 538 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

41. Intangible Personal Property Tax Law - amend - increasing assessments when returns are filed later than a certain date in second class counties

    Act 539 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

42. Model Act for the Regulation of Credit Life Insurance and Credit Accident and Health Insurance

    Act 540 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

43. Second class city disposition of surplus condemned property law - amend - authorizing additional methods of disposition or use

    Act 541 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

44. Hospital or institutional care or training 1961 cost reimbursement containment law

    Act 542 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

45. Anthracite mine drainage law - amend - removing restrictions

    Act 543 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

46. Military Code of 1949 - amend - extension of terms of service of enlisted personnel in Pennsylvania National Guard

    Act 544 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

47. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - eliminating residence requirements for board secretaries

    Act 545 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

48. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - defining and providing for education of exceptional children

    Act 546 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

49. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - payments by Commonwealth for certain equipment used for instruction of handicapped children

    Act 547 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

50. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - establishment and operation of area technical schools for vocational education by certain boards of directors of second or third class school districts, alternative method for establishing area technical schools

    Act 548 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

51. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - changing eligibility for State scholarships

    Act 549 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

52. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - redefining year to mean academic year in reference to State scholarships

    Act 550 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

53. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - providing for forfeiture of funds by school districts or county boards of school directors for employing any person in a supervisory capacity who has not been certified for such position

    Act 551 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

54. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - enlarging functions of State colleges, providing for certain duties for the Board of Presidents of State Colleges and the Department of Public Instruction, changing provisions relating to tuition, board and fees

    Act 552 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

55. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - granting powers to directors of newly merged school districts

    Act 553 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

56. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - salaries and work loads, general extension education areas, number of names needed for free extension education, deposit fee and tuition fee, free evening schools, payments for approved vocational extension classes

    Act 554 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

57. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - authorizing reimbursement on preliminary payments on account of approved building construction, abolishing cost limitations on school building projects for reimbursement purposes

    Act 555 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

58. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - designating certain schools senior high schools and junior high schools

    Act 556 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

59. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - establishment and operation of area technical schools, departments or classes by Department of Public Instruction

    Act 557 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

60. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - providing for educational broadcasting

    Act 558 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

61. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - regulating establishment and operation of audiovisual libraries and instructional materials centers

    Act 559 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

62. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - providing for laboratory schools of State-owned colleges

    Act 560 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

63. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - classification and reorganization of school districts

    Act 561 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

64. Public School Code of 1949 - amend - authorizing awarding of additional scholarships

    Act 562 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

65. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - creating a State Commission on Academic Facilities, imposing duties upon the Superintendent of Public Instruction

    Act 563 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

66. Administrative Code of 1929 - amend - authorizing departments, boards and commissions to train personnel

    Act 564 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

67. Vehicle Code - amend - additional traffic violation enforcement procedures in municipalities

    Act 565 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

68. Burial ground regulation and remains removal law - amend - extending act to second class counties

    Act 566 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

69. Second Class County Code - amend - restricting eminent domain power as to graveyards and cemeteries

    Act 567 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

70. County civil and criminal court juror selection and service law - amend - extending act to first class counties

    Act 568 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

71. Municipal joint agreement law - reenact and amend - extending act to second class counties and certain local governmental units, agreements and contracts, joint purchases, supply and exchange of certain services, optional joint advisory boards

    Act 569 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

72. Unemployment Compensation Law - amend - redefining State, excluding remuneration from a family enterprise as wages, modifying certain provisions as to eligibility of individuals while in training or when permanently separated

    Act 570 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

73. Lease - Commonwealth property in Valley Forge State Park to United States Post Office Department for post office operation

    Act 571 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

74. Vehicle Code - amend - requiring certain commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors, trailers and semi-trailers to be marked with the names and addresses of the owners or operators

    Act 572 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

75. Pennsylvania Turnpike medial barriers or guards erection and maintenance law

    Act 573 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

76. Borough Code - amend - appointment and compensation of special school police

    Act 574 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

77. Fish Law of 1959 - amend - artificial propagation licenses for fish, bait fish and fish bait, making special provision for live bait dealers’ licenses and transportation permits, requiring live bait being distributed in the State to be inspected

    Act 575 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

78. Fish Law of 1959 - amend - regulating sale of bait fish, changing period for which purchased fish, bait fish or fish bait may be sold or held in possession

    Act 576 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

79. Tear and noxious gas use in labor disputes prohibition law

    Act 577 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

80. First Class Township Code - amend - authorizing a change in compensation of certain township commissioners

    Act 578 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

81. Realty Transfer Tax Act - amend - excluding certain transfers from industrial development agencies

    Act 579 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

82. County Institution District Law - amend - increasing amount institution district may pay for burial costs in each case

    Act 580 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

83. Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act - amend - requiring employers to furnish employes with instructions on their rights in case of an accident

    Act 581 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

84. Minimum Wage Act of 1961

    Act 582 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

85. Liquor Code - amend - regulating procedure for revoking or suspending licenses

    Act 583 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

86. Pennsylvania Election Code - amend - regulating affidavit of circulator of nomination petition

    Act 584 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

87. Business Corporation Law - amend - clarifying the provisions of the act relating to the setting aside of funds by cemetery and burial corporations, bringing additional corporations within the provisions of the act

    Act 585 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

88. Burial grounds gifts in trust law - reenact and amend - extending law to business corporations

    Act 586 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

89. Business Corporation Law - amend - changing the law with respect to devises, bequests and gifts in trust for the perpetual care and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds or the cemetery lots therein, imposing powers on the trustees

    Act 587 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

90. Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 - amend - extension of law to additional corporations

    Act 588 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

91. Real Estate Tax Sale Law - amend - extending law to property the owner of which has been unknown for ten years or more

    Act 589 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

92. Liquor Code - amend - changing limit on retail licenses, further regulating issuance of club liquor licenses and catering licenses

    Act 590 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

93. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - death benefits for certain annuitants who are receiving a disability allowance

    Act 591 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

94. Anthracite Mine Law Study Commission law

    Act 592 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

95. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - providing a disability retirement allowance for disability incurred by officers and employes of the Pennsylvania State Police while engaging in law enforcement activities

    Act 593 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

96. Municipal Police Pension Law - amend - authorizing boroughs, towns and townships maintaining a police force of one or more members to establish a police pension fund or police annuity

    Act 594 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

97. Wills Act of 1947 - amend - rule of interpretation for source of payment of inheritance tax

    Act 595 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

98. Estates Act of 1947 - amend - rule of interpretation for source of payment of inheritance tax

    Act 596 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

99. Borough Code - amend - authorizing boroughs to authorize or provide for destruction or killing of unowned pigeons by humane means

    Act 597 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text

100. State Employes' Retirement Code of 1959 - amend - credit for out-of-State service for certain contributors employed at State colleges, Pennsylvania State University and certain schools

     Act 598 of 1961 · 1961 · Original text