section 2.1 of the act of January 10, 1968 (1967 P.L.925,
No.417), referred to as the Legislative Officers and Employes
Law.
(2) Special standing to intervene as a party under
subsection (a) for the House of Representatives shall require
an action of the Bi-partisan Management Committee as provided
under section 21.1 of the Legislative Officers and Employes
Law.
(c) Privilege or immunity.--Intervention by either or both
chambers of the General Assembly under this section shall not
constitute a waiver of sovereign, legislative or other privilege
or immunity.
(d) Indispensable party.--This section shall not make either
or both chambers of the General Assembly a necessary or
indispensable party to an action. A party to an action may not
name either or both chambers of the General Assembly as a party
or move to join either or both chambers of the General Assembly
as a party based on this section.
(e) Notice.--A party challenging the constitutionality of
all or part of an act of this Commonwealth must, in a manner
consistent with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and
the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure, provide notice to
the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House
of Representatives.
(f) No limitation.--Nothing under this section shall limit
the standing of either or both chambers or an individual member
of the General Assembly in a judicial proceeding in which the
subject matter relates to specific powers unique to a
legislator's functions under the Constitution of Pennsylvania
being diminished or impaired.
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