APPENDIX TO TITLE 27

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes

2000, DECEMBER 20, P.L.980, NO.138

Preamble

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1) It is contrary to the public interest to allow lawsuits, known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP), to be brought primarily to chill the valid exercise by citizens of their constitutional right to freedom of speech and to petition the government for the redress of grievances.

(2) It is in the public interest to empower citizens to bring a swift end to retaliatory lawsuits seeking to undermine their participation in the establishment of State and local environmental policy and in the implementation and enforcement of environmental law and regulations.

Explanatory Note. Act 138 added Subpart A of Part VI and Chapter 83 of Title 27.

2002, JUNE 29, P.L.596, NO.90

§ 4. Continuation of Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act.

The addition of 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 41 is a continuation of the act of April 2, 2002 (P.L.225, No.25), known as the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act. The following apply:

(1) All actions taken under the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act are valid under 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 41.

(2) Orders and determinations which were made under the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act and which are in effect on the effective date of section 2 of this act shall remain valid until vacated or modified under 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 41.

(3) Regulations which were promulgated under the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act and which are in effect on the effective date of section 2 of this act shall remain valid until amended under 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 41.

(4) Any difference in language between 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 41 and the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administration and implementation of the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Act.

Explanatory Note. Act 90 amended the heading of Part IV and added Chapters 41, 62 and 63 of Title 27.

2002, DECEMBER 16, P.L.1776, NO.220

§ 4. Continuation of prior law.

The addition of 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 is a continuation of the act of May 20, 1993 (P.L.38, No.11), known as the Department of Environmental Resources Agricultural Advisory Board Act. The following apply:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7, all activities initiated under the Department of Environmental Resources Agricultural Advisory Board Act shall continue and remain in full force and effect and may be completed under 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7. Orders, regulations, rules and decisions which were made under the Department of Environmental Resources Agricultural Advisory Board Act and which are in effect on the effective date of section 3 of this act shall remain in full force and effect until revoked, vacated or modified under 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7.

(2) Except as set forth in paragraph (3), any difference in language between 27 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 and the Department of Environmental Resources Agricultural Advisory Act is intended only to conform to the style of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes and is not intended to change or affect the legislative intent, judicial construction or administration and implementation of the Department of Environmental Resources Agricultural Advisory Board Act.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to the addition of 27 Pa.C.S. § 702(b) and (c).

Explanatory Note. Act 220 added Chapters 7 and 31 of Title 27.