Commonwealth Asks Pennsylvania Supreme Court To Reconsider Act 13 Decision

As reported in December, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on December 19, 2013 invalidated portions of Act 13, including provisions limiting local government control and provisions regarding setbacks from the waters of the Commonwealth, pursuant to Article 1, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

However, the Pennsylvania Office of General Counsel (OGC) today filed an Application for Reconsideration requesting that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court remand the case to the Commonwealth Court so that a hearing can be held to create a factual record because the Supreme Court’s decision relied upon broad factual findings that were not of record before any court.  Second, the OGC requested that the Supreme Court remand to the Commonwealth Court the issues related to setbacks from waters of the Commonwealth.