Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 25.52 - Content and form of source notes(a)Content.-The source notes shall consist of the following elements in the order specified:(1) The Pa.C.S. citation of the new section, followed by a colon, all of which shall be underscored.(2) If the provision is based upon a prior statute, one of the following phrases followed by the citation of the source statute: Reenactment of ....
Substantially a reenactment of ....
Derived from ....
(3) If the provision is entirely new, the word "New" and, if appropriate, the phrase "Patterned after....." followed by the citation of statute which formed the model for the new provision.(4) If any of the statutes cited pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) are published in Purdon's Statutes or a similar code, the parallel citation to the statutes in that code.(b)Form.-Source notes shall be in the following form: 2 Pa.C.S. § 303:Substantially a reenactment of act of July 31, 1968 (P. L. 695, No. 230), § 203 (45 P. S. § 1203).
(c)Manner of listing.-Source notes are listed sequentially by title and section, beginning with the lowest numbered title and section.(d)Order of citing statutes.-Where two or more statutes are referred to in a source note relating to a particular section or subdivision thereof, the statutes shall appear in chronological order of final enactment.