Any sentencing guidelines adopted by the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and disapproved by the General Assembly prior to the effective date of this act shall be deemed null and void upon the adoption of sentencing guidelines subsequent to the effective date of this act and pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in 42 Pa.C.S. § 2155 (relating to publication of guidelines for sentencing), those guidelines published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on December 5, 1987, and adopted by the commission on February 22, 1988, shall be submitted to the standing committee of each house of the General Assembly which has been designated to perform the responsibilities established pursuant to the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, relevant to the commission within five days of the effective date of this act; and the General Assembly may, by concurrent resolution, reject in their entirety said guidelines within 30 days from the date that said guidelines are submitted to the designated standing committee of each house of the General Assembly, and said guidelines shall become effective 30 days after such submittal unless disapproved pursuant to this section. The guidelines shall apply to all offenses committed on or after the effective date of the adopted guidelines. 1990, DECEMBER 7, P.L.619, NO.159
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