Section 804. Legislation.--The Department of State shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
(a) To record all laws, resolutions, acts, and proceedings, of the General Assembly, and perform all other duties with reference thereto, as required by law;
(b) ((b) repealed, Apr. 25, 1969, P.L.29, No.9)
(c) As soon as possible after the signing of any bill by the Governor, whereby it becomes a law, to transmit a correct copy thereof to the printing clerk in the General Assembly so as to enable advance sheets of the same to be printed. ((c) amended Sept. 28, 1965, P.L.553, No.287)
Compiler's Note: Act 9 of 1969, which amended sections 22, 23, 25 and 71 of the Statutory Construction Act of 1937, transferred certain powers and duties relating to the printing of laws from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau. The act applied to all statutes enacted in 1969 and thereafter.