PRINTER'S NO. 1072

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

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.














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