DSL LegalLinks - State Government

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State Government - Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania General Sites

Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania
http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/site/default.asp: The Office of Commonwealth Libraries, within the Pennsylvania Department of Education, operates a major research library and leads the development of the state’s public, school, academic and special libraries to meet the information, education and enrichment needs of its residents. Links to the State Library and others, plus PILOT (the Keystone Library Network Catalog), databases, and research tools are provided.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
http://www.state.pa.us/
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Government
http://www.state.pa.us/papower/taxonomy/taxonomy.asp: The state home web site provides quick access links to state agencies, departments, and offices within the state government.
Governor's Annual Work Force Reports
http://www.hrm.state.pa.us/oahrm/cwp/view.asp: Annual reports from 2001 to the current year contain updated information and trends regarding state employment for agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction and are utilized by the Commonwealth to manage the state's human resources.
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
http://www.pachamber.org: Site of the PA Chamber of Commerce with special topic areas on the environment, human resources, and taxes. Also contains multiple directories, publications, and conferences.
The Pennsylvania Manual
http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/pamanual/: Complete Pennsylvania Manual in .pdf format. Contains information on all areas of PA government, including PA history, constitution, elections, and profiles of government officers.
Pennsylvania State Data Center
http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/: Established in 1981, the Pennsylvania State Data Center serves as Pennsylvania's official source of population and economic statistics. In addition to acting as Pennsylvania's liaison to the Census Bureau, the PaSDC is the state's representative to the Federal-State Cooperative Programs for Population Estimates and for Population Projections. Links to data, publications, products and services, and Census 2000 information are provided.
State and Local Government on the Net: Pennsylvania
http://www.statelocalgov.net/state-pa.htm: Index of PA sites such as statewide offices, the legislative, executive, and judicial branch, boards and commissions, and regional, county, borough, city, municipality, town, or township sites.

Pennsylvania Government Departments

Attorney General
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/

Banking
http://www.banking.state.pa.us/banking/site/default.asp

Board of Claims
http://www.boc.state.pa.us/

Charitable Organizations
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/char/site/default.asp

Conservation and Natural Resources
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/

Corporation Bureau
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/corps/site/default.asp

Environmental Protection
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/

Game Commission
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/

General Services
http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/

Governor's Office
http://www.governor.state.pa.us/

Health
http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/site/default.asp

Labor and Industry
http://www.dli.state.pa.us/

Liquor Control Board
http://www.lcb.state.pa.us/

Local Government Web Sites
http://sites.state.pa.us/govlocal.html

Probation and Parole
http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/PBPP/default.htm

Revenue
http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/

Treasury
http://www.treasury.state.pa.us/

Turnpike
http://www.paturnpike.com/

Victim Advocate Office
http://www.pbpp.state.pa.us/ova/site/default.asp

Pennsylvania Legislation

Electronic Bill Room
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/session.cfm: Session information and bill find service.
Pennsylvania General Assembly
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/: The General Assembly web site offers current happenings in the state legislature, links to the state House and Senate sites, visitor, law, and historical information, and much more. The site provides both legislation and member search capabilities.
Pennsylvania Legislative History
http://www.jenkinslaw.org/collection/pa-leghist.shtml: Legislative history of the PA General Assembly, from the Legislative Journals of the House and Senate with an index of years (1859-current) and a searchable database by title and year or number and year.
Pennsylvania Statutes
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/page_redirect.cfm?link=http://government.westlaw.com/linkedslice/default.asp?SP=pac-1000&display=Unofficial%20Purdon's%20Pennsylvania%20Statutes%20from%20West: Unofficial Purdons Pennsylvania Statutes, available on the Pennsylvania General Assembly website.

Pennsylvania Regulations

Pennsylvania Bulletin
http://www.pabulletin.com/: Official site for statewide and local court rules, the Governor's proclamations and executive orders, actions by the General Assembly, rulemakings and proposed rulemakings by the state agencies, and state agency notices.
Pennsylvania Code
http://www.pacode.com/: Official publication of PA rules and regulations. (No statutes or acts)

Pennsylvania Case Law and Courts

Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Aopc/IndexAOPC.asp: Office appointed by the PA Supreme Court that assists the Court in assuring that business is promptly and properly disposed.
AllLaw.com State Resources: Pennsylvania
http://www.alllaw.com/state_resources/pennsylvania/: Law related directory of Pennsylvania government and legal websites.
Law.com: Pennsylvania
http://www1.law.com/pa: PA legal news site that also includes services such as the ability to search for experts, court reporters, and law firms, and online CLE center, shopping, career services, etc.
LawDog
http://www.lawdog.com/: State laws about credit and collection, non-sufficient fund checks, automobiles and repossession illustrated, with links to statutes, agencies and organizations.
PAdotNET
http://www.pa.net/: Information on PA internet service and links to other PA pages. (Non-legal)
Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/CommonPleas/IndexCommonPleas.asp
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Cwealth/IndexCwealth.asp
Pennsylvania Estate & Trust Cybrary
http://evans-legal.com/dan/: Site created by Daniel B. Evans, Attorney at Law, which includes general info on estate law and PA estate law, professional articles, and links to other resources.
Pennsylvania Procedural Forms
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Forms/IndexForms.asp: Forms for civil, criminal, and landlord tenant complaints, appeals, objections, etc. (Most in PDF or Word format)
Pennsylvania Superior Court
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Superior/IndexSuperior.asp
Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/: As one of three equal and independent branches of state government, Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System's role is to preserve the rule of law and guarantee the rights and liberties of citizens. Information and links to the various Courts, opinions, and forms, as well as the Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts, are available from this site.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/Supreme/indexSupreme.asp

Pennsylvania Court Rules

Court Rules, Forms, & Dockets
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/: Index of court rules (federal or by state).
Pennsylvania Committee on Rules of Evidence
http://www.courts.state.pa.us/Index/SupCtCmtes/evidence/indexevid.asp: Links to proposed and promulgated amendments and additions of rules to the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence.
Pennsylvania Evidence Rules
http://members.aol.com/StatutesP3/Evidence.html: Full-text of PA Rules of Evidence.
Pennsylvania Local Court Rules
http://www.aopc.org/judicial-council/local-rules/index.htm: Directory of local court rules by county.