Pennsylvania Act 1992-79 — PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION - EXEMPTING OWNERS OF DOG TRAINING AREAS FROM CIVIL OR CRIMINAL ACTIONS RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION

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PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION - EXEMPTING OWNERS OF DOG TRAINING AREAS
        FROM CIVIL OR CRIMINAL ACTIONS RELATING TO NOISE POLLUTION
                  Act of Jul. 2, 1992, P.L. 381, No. 79               Cl. 34
                                  AN ACT

     Exempting owners of dog training and special retriever training
        areas from any civil or criminal actions relating to noise
        pollution.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

     Section 1.  General immunity from noise.
        All owners and operators of dog training and special
     retriever training areas licensed by the Pennsylvania Game
     Commission shall be exempt and immune from any civil action or
     criminal prosecution in any manner relating to noise or noise
     pollution resulting from the normal and accepted training
     activities of the licensed training area, provided that the
     owners or operators of the training areas were and remain in
     compliance with any applicable noise control laws or ordinances
     at the time the permit for establishment of the training area
     was authorized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
     Section 2.  Nuisances and injunction.
        The owners or operators of the licensed training areas shall
     not be subject to any action for nuisance, and no court in this
     Commonwealth shall enjoin the use or operation of training areas
     on the basis of noise or noise pollution, provided that the
     owners or operators of the training areas were and remain in
     compliance with any applicable noise control laws or ordinances
     at the time the permit for establishment of the training areas
     was authorized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
     Section 3.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect immediately.