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3 PA Cons Stat § 518 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 5 - Nutrient Management and Odor Management|Section 518 - Powers reserved under existing laws

§ 518. Powers reserved under existing laws. Nothing in this chapter shall limit in any way whatever the powers conferred upon the commission, the department, the Department of Environmental Protection or a conservation district under laws other than this chapter, including, but not limited to, the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, and the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, and common law. All such powers are preserved and may be freely exercised. A court exercising general equitable jurisdiction shall not be deprived of such jurisdiction even though a nuisance or condition detrimental to health is subject to regulation or other action by the board under this chapter.
3 PA Cons Stat § 519 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 5 - Nutrient Management and Odor Management|Section 519 - Preemption of local ordinances

 § 519. Preemption of local ordinances. (a) General.--This chapter and its provisions are of Statewide concern and occupy the whole field of regulation regarding nutrient management and odor management, to the exclusion of all local regulations.  (b) Nutrient management.--No ordinance or regulation of any political subdivision or home rule municipality may prohibit or in any way regulate practices related to the storage, handling or land application of animal manure or nutrients or to the construction, location or operation of facilities used for storage of animal manure or nutrients or practices otherwise regulated by this chapter if the municipal ordinance or regulation is in conflict with this chapter and the regulations or guidelines promulgated under it.  (c) Odor management.--No ordinance or regulation of a political subdivision or home rule municipality may regulate the management of odors generated from animal housing or manure management facilities regulated by this chapter if the municipal ordinance or regulation is in conflict with this chapter and the regulations or guidelines promulgated under it.  (d) Stricter requirements.--Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a political subdivision or home rule municipality from adopting and enforcing ordinances or regulations which are consistent with and no more stringent than the requirements of this chapter and the regulations or guidelines promulgated under this chapter. No penalty shall be assessed under any such local ordinance or regulation under this subsection for any violation for which a penalty has been assessed under this chapter.    2005 Amendment. Section 5(2) of Act 38 provided that subsection (c) shall take effect on the earlier of the effective date of regulations promulgated under section 504(1.1) or the publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of interim guidelines under section 504(2).
3 PA Cons Stat § 520 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 5 - Nutrient Management and Odor Management|Section 520 - Repeals

§ 520. Repeals. All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are inconsistent with this chapter.
3 PA Cons Stat § 521 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 5 - Nutrient Management and Odor Management|Section 521 - Other statutes not affected

§ 521. Other statutes not affected. This chapter shall not be construed as modifying, rescinding or superseding any other statute or as regulating biosolids and shall be read in pari materia with other statutes. Nothing in this chapter shall limit in any way whatever the powers conferred upon the department, the Department of Environmental Protection and the State Conservation Commission under statutes other than this chapter. All such powers are preserved and may be freely exercised.
3 PA Cons Stat § 522 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 5 - Nutrient Management and Odor Management|Section 522 - Regulations

§ 522. Regulations. The Department of Environmental Protection is authorized to adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to its administration and enforcement of this chapter. This includes the authority to establish, by regulation, such fees as are reasonably necessary to fund the implementation and enforcement of this chapter.
3 PA Cons Stat § 601 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 6 - Agriculture-Linked Investment Program|Section 601 - Scope of chapter

§ 601. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to the Agriculture-Linked Investment Program.
3 PA Cons Stat § 602 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 6 - Agriculture-Linked Investment Program|Section 602 - Legislative intent

§ 602. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly that farmers be offered an incentive to use agricultural best management practices as part of an approved nutrient or odor management plan, manure management plan, agricultural erosion and sedimentation plan or Federal conservation plan to prevent nutrients from washing off farm fields and animal concentration areas and entering surface water and groundwater, to prevent soil erosion, to reduce or mitigate odor and to conserve land, water and related natural resources. These incentives shall take the form of low-interest capital in exchange for the implementation of such approved practices.
3 PA Cons Stat § 604 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 6 - Agriculture-Linked Investment Program|Section 604 - General authority of commission

§ 604. General authority of commission. (a) Authority.--The commission shall retain and may utilize the authority established in the Conservation District Law and Chapter 5 (relating to nutrient management and odor management) as well as any other authority delegated or bestowed upon the commission in the administration of this chapter, including money appropriated, given, granted or donated to the commission for the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or abridge the authority of the commission under any other statute or grant of authority.  (b) Best management practices.-- (1) The commission or the commission's delegated agent may review applications to approve the best management practice for which the applicant is seeking a loan under this chapter.  (2) The commission may vote to expand the list of best management practices to assure new technological, environmental and scientific advances and discoveries. The commission may consider and make available practices established in statute or regulation to further the purposes of this chapter. Upon establishing a new best management practice, the commission shall submit a notice to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. A new best management practice shall take effect upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
3 PA Cons Stat § 606 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 6 - Agriculture-Linked Investment Program|Section 606 - Liability

§ 606. Liability. (a) Immunity.--The Commonwealth, the State Treasurer and the commission shall not be liable to a lending institution in any manner for payment of the principal or interest on the loan made to an eligible borrower.  (b) Loss of subsidy upon default.--A default by an eligible borrower in repayment of an Agriculture-Linked Investment Loan shall result in the loss of the subsidy provided under this chapter, in which case the interest rate payable by the lending institution shall revert to the interest rate on deposits as established by the Board of Finance and Revenue from time to time as otherwise established by law. As used in this subsection, the term "default" means a loan which is more than 90 days in arrears on payments.  (c) Availability of funding.--The subsidy provided by this chapter shall continue only so long as the commission furnishes money to pay for it. In the event funding is exhausted or otherwise unavailable, the interest rate payable by lending institutions shall revert to the interest rate on deposits in State depositories as established from time to time by the Board of Finance and Revenue as otherwise provided by law.
3 PA Cons Stat § 607 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 6 - Agriculture-Linked Investment Program|Section 607 - Funding cap

§ 607. Funding cap. The aggregate amount of Agriculture-Linked Investment loans issued under this chapter shall not exceed $25,000,000 outstanding at any one time.
3 PA Cons Stat § 701 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 701 - Scope of chapter

§ 701. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to industrial hemp research.
3 PA Cons Stat § 702 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 702 - Definitions

§ 702. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Agricultural pilot program." A pilot program to study the growth, cultivation or marketing of industrial hemp.  "Control order." A written order issued by the department to a person establishing required treatment measures, including destruction, for a violation of a provision of this chapter or a regulation, permit or order issued under this chapter.  "Department." The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.  "Industrial hemp." The plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry-weight basis.  "Institution of higher education." As defined by section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-329, 79 Stat. 1219).  "Secretary." The Secretary of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.
3 PA Cons Stat § 703 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 703 - Administration

§ 703. Administration. (a) Department.--The department has the following duties:  (1) Implement this chapter. (2) Establish, through permits, a certification and registration program under this chapter and, when the program is operative, transmit notice of that fact to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.  (b) Powers and duties.--The department shall have the following powers and duties:  (1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, to regulate and permit industrial hemp under this chapter in a manner consistent with the provisions of this chapter and all Federal laws, regulations and orders.  (2) To establish, implement and administer an agricultural pilot program to the extent funds are available.  (3) To develop and implement permitting requirements, and regulations if necessary, to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  (4) To issue, renew, deny, revoke, suspend or refuse to renew permits to conduct an agricultural pilot program.  (5) To develop an application for registration. (6) To develop an application for permits. (7) To create and maintain a database of permitted institutions of higher education and sites used to grow or cultivate industrial hemp.  (8) To inspect the facilities, growing areas, fields, seeds, plants and other items used by each permitted entity to ensure compliance with this chapter and permitting requirements and regulatory standards if promulgated, including conducting or requiring testing of seeds, plants and plant materials at the permit holder's cost.  (9) To establish, through permit, restrictions for the use or reuse of seeds, crops or products produced as the end result of an agricultural pilot program.  (10) To establish reasonable permitting and inspection fees to cover the cost of administration of this chapter.  (11) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 71 (relating to seed) and its attendant regulations, to regulate the labeling and testing of industrial hemp and industrial hemp seeds within this Commonwealth.  (12) To establish, through permitting standards or regulation, recordkeeping requirements necessary to administer the provisions of this chapter.  (c) Secretary.--If the secretary determines that a Federal agency is authorized to regulate industrial hemp, the secretary shall transmit notice of that authorization to the bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.    Effective Date. Section 3(1)(i) of Act 92 of 2016 provided that subsec. (a) shall take effect immediately.  Cross References. Section 703 is referred to in section 710 of this title.
3 PA Cons Stat § 705 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 705 - Control orders

§ 705. Control orders. (a) Authority of department.-- (1) The department may issue a control order: (i) Requiring any person registered and permitted to grow industrial hemp to implement treatment measures for industrial hemp if the department finds that the person has violated a provision of this chapter or a regulation, order or permitting requirement issued under this chapter.  (ii) Upon finding industrial hemp growing on any premises or property without a valid registration or permit.  (2) A control order shall set forth the general factual and legal basis for the action and shall advise the affected person that within 15 days of receipt of the control order the person may file with the department a written request for an administrative hearing.  (3) The hearing under paragraph (2) shall be conducted in accordance with 2 Pa.C.S. (relating to administrative law and procedure). The written control order of the department shall be served upon the affected person by personal service or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. The control order shall become final upon the expiration of the 15-day period for requesting an administrative hearing unless a timely request for a hearing has been filed with the department.  (b) Required contents.--The control order shall prescribe the required remediation, control, eradication or treatment measures and the date by which the measures must be completed.  (c) Expenses and costs.--The department may recover any expenses and costs incurred in enforcing and carrying out the measures established in the control order from the person that was the subject of the department's control order.
3 PA Cons Stat § 706 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 706 - Noncriminal offense

§ 706. Noncriminal offense. An activity conducted in compliance with this chapter shall not be in violation of the laws of the Commonwealth including:  (1) The act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.  (2) 18 Pa.C.S. § 7508(a)(1) (relating to drug trafficking sentencing and penalties). (3) Any other law of the Commonwealth regulating the growth or cultivation of industrial hemp.
3 PA Cons Stat § 708 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 708 - Disposition of funds

§ 708. Disposition of funds. (a) Deposit of funds.--All fees, fines and penalties collected under this chapter shall be paid into a subaccount in a special restricted account in the General Fund known as the Plant Pest Management Account and shall be appropriated by the General Assembly to the department for the purpose of this chapter. The money in the subaccount shall not replace revenues appropriated to the fund as allowed under subsection (b).  (b) Supplement to account.--The subaccount in the Plant Pest Management Account may be supplemented by:  (1) Funds appropriated from the General Assembly to the department for purposes of this chapter.  (2) Federal funds appropriated to the department for purposes of this chapter. (3) Gifts and other contributions from public or private sources for purposes of this chapter.
3 PA Cons Stat § 709 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 709 - Abrogation of regulation

§ 709. Abrogation of regulation. The provisions of 7 Pa. Code § 110.1(1) (relating to noxious weed control list) are abrogated.
3 PA Cons Stat § 710 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 7 - Industrial Hemp Research|Section 710 - Expiration

§ 710. Expiration. This chapter shall expire upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the notice under section 703(c) (relating to administration).
3 PA Cons Stat § 901 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 901 - Scope of chapter

§ 901. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to the Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission.
3 PA Cons Stat § 902 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 902 - Definitions

§ 902. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  "Commission." The Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission established in this chapter.
3 PA Cons Stat § 903 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 903 - Establishment

§ 903. Establishment. The Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission is established.
3 PA Cons Stat § 904 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 904 - Duties

§ 904. Duties. The commission shall review and make recommendations to promote and strengthen the Commonwealth's dairy industry in the following areas:  (1) Processing, production and marketing in the dairy industry. (2) Current issues facing the dairy industry. (3) Statutory impacts on the dairy industry. (4) Regulatory impacts on the dairy industry. (5) Local government impacts on the dairy industry. (6) Other aspects of the dairy industry identified by the commission.
3 PA Cons Stat § 905 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 905 - Membership

§ 905. Membership. (a) General rule.--The commission shall consist of the following members:  (1) One individual appointed by the Governor. (2) The Secretary of Agriculture or a designee. (3) The Secretary of Community and Economic Development or a designee. (4) The Secretary of Revenue or a designee. (5) The Secretary of Transportation or a designee. (6) The Secretary of Environmental Protection or a designee. (7) One individual appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate. (8) One individual appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (9) Two individuals appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate. (10) One individual appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. (11) Two individuals appointed by the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. (12) One individual appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. (13) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Senate or a designee.  (14) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives or a designee.  (15) A representative of the Milk Marketing Board. (16) A representative of the Center for Dairy Excellence. (17) A representative of The Pennsylvania State University with expertise in the dairy industry.  (18) A representative of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau with expertise in the dairy industry. (19) A representative of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania. (20) A representative of the Pennsylvania State Grange. (b) Chairperson.--The commission shall appoint a member to serve as chairperson of the commission.
3 PA Cons Stat § 906 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 906 - Meetings

§ 906. Meetings. The commission shall hold its first meeting within 45 days of the effective date of this section, regardless of whether all legislative caucuses have appointed members to the commission. The commission shall hold meetings at the call of the chairperson.
3 PA Cons Stat § 907 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 907 - Payments to members

§ 907. Payments to members. Members may not receive compensation for services, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of the members' duties as members of the commission.
3 PA Cons Stat § 908 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 908 - Administrative support

§ 908. Administrative support. The Department of Agriculture shall provide administrative support, meeting space and any other assistance required by the commission to carry out the commission's duties under this chapter. The department shall provide the commission with data, research and other information upon request by the commission.
3 PA Cons Stat § 909 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 9 - Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission|Section 909 - Additional powers and duties

§ 909. Additional powers and duties. The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Review, make findings and offer recommendations related to the dairy industry in this Commonwealth.  (2) Consult with and utilize experts to assist the commission in carrying out the duties under this section.  (3) Receive input from interested parties. (4) Hold public hearings in different regions of this Commonwealth. (5) Review and consider dairy policies and factors utilized throughout the United States. (6) Review the administration and operation of State and regional programs and services and make recommendations to implement new policies, legislation and regulations.  (7) Recommend proposed legislation and regulatory changes based on the commission's findings. (8) Issue a report of the commission's findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives not later than one year after the effective date of this section.
3 PA Cons Stat § 1501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 3 - AGRICULTURE|Chapter 15 - Controlled Plants and Noxious Weeds|Section 1501 - Scope of chapter

§ 1501. Scope of chapter. This chapter relates to controlled plants and noxious weeds.