The following apply: (1) The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts has a duty under paragraph (3) if any of the following occur: (i) Promulgation by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of a rule, similar in form to Pa.R.C.P. No. 4023, stating that the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8340.16 are not suspended. (ii) Promulgation by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of a direct letter of address, similar in form to In re 42 Pa.C.S. § 1703, 482 Pa. 522, 394 A.2d 444 (1978), stating that the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8340.16 are not suspended and do not violate Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. (iii) Promulgation by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of procedural rules providing substantially the same content as the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8340.16. (2) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall determine the effective date of passage by the General Assembly of a joint resolution confirming that the procedural rules under paragraph (1)(iii) provide substantially the same content as the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8340.16. (3) The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall transmit to the Legislative Reference Bureau all of the following: (i) Notice, for publication in the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin, of each promulgation and effective date under paragraph (1)(i) and (ii). (ii) Notice of a promulgation and its effective date under paragraph (1)(iii). (4) The Legislative Reference Bureau shall publish any of the following in the Pennsylvania Bulletin: (i) For a notice under paragraph (3)(i), the entire notice. (ii) For a notice under paragraph (3)(ii), notice of the later of the effective date of: (A) promulgation under paragraph (1)(iii); or (B) passage under paragraph (2).
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