PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1072 PRINTER'S NO. 2875
No. 960 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY STABACK, BELFANTI, FEE, GRUPPO, GRUITZA, WOZNIAK, JAROLIN, ARMSTRONG, NYCE, BROWN, HANNA, PHILLIPS, PETRONE, MERRY, FAIRCHILD, STUBAN, COY, CARLSON, STEIGHNER, DALEY, NOYE, TRELLO, PESCI, SCHULER, STISH, HESS, PISTELLA, BELARDI, GEIST, BILLOW, McCALL, PRESTON AND CALTAGIRONE, APRIL 2, 1991
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 10, 1991
AN ACT 1 Exempting owners of dog training and special retriever training 2 areas from any civil or criminal actions relating to noise 3 pollution. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. General immunity from noise. 7 All owners and operators of dog training and special 8 retriever training areas licensed by the Pennsylvania Game 9 Commission shall be exempt and immune from any civil action or 10 criminal prosecution in any manner relating to noise or noise 11 pollution resulting from the normal and accepted training 12 activities of the licensed training area, provided that the 13 owners or operators of the training areas were AND REMAIN in <-- 14 compliance with any applicable noise control laws or ordinances 15 at the time the permit for establishment of the training area 16 was authorized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
1 Section 2. Nuisances and injunction. 2 The owners or operators of the licensed training areas shall 3 not be subject to any action for nuisance, and no court in this 4 Commonwealth shall enjoin the use or operation of training areas 5 on the basis of noise or noise pollution, provided that the 6 owners or operators of the training areas were in compliance 7 with any applicable noise control laws or ordinances at the time 8 the permit for establishment of the training areas was 9 authorized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. 10 Section 3. Effective date. 11 This act shall take effect immediately. A30L42JS/19910H0960B2875 - 2 -