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 immunity, legislative privilege
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) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to 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.
Section 2. The following shall apply:
(1) The addition of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8503 shall apply to an
action commenced on and after the effective date of the
section.
(2) A court may apply the addition of 42 Pa.C.S. § 8503
to an action commenced after December 31, 2018, and before
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