PRINTER'S NO. 1072
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 AND PRESTON, APRIL 2, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 2, 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 in compliance 14 with any applicable noise control laws or ordinances at the time 15 the permit for establishment of the training area was authorized 16 by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. 17 Section 2. Nuisances and injunction.
1 The owners or operators of the licensed training areas shall 2 not be subject to any action for nuisance, and no court in this 3 Commonwealth shall enjoin the use or operation of training areas 4 on the basis of noise or noise pollution, provided that the 5 owners or operators of the training areas were in compliance 6 with any applicable noise control laws or ordinances at the time 7 the permit for establishment of the training areas was 8 authorized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. 9 Section 3. Effective date. 10 This act shall take effect immediately. A30L42JS/19910H0960B1072 - 2 -