Except to the extent that they are inconsistent with any provisions of this act, regulations promulgated under the act of August 17, 1965 (P.L.354, No.187), known as The Pennsylvania Seed Act of 1965, and the act of April 11, 1929 (P.L.488, No.205), referred to as the Certified Seed Law, in effect on the effective date of this act shall continue in effect unless subsequently modified by regulations promulgated by the department under this act. 2005, JULY 6, P.L.112, NO.38 Preamble The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania declares that the Commonwealth has a vested and sincere interest in ensuring the long-term sustainability of agriculture and normal agricultural operations in a manner that is consistent with State policies and statutes. In furtherance of this goal, the Commonwealth has enacted statutes to protect and preserve agricultural operations for the production of food and other agricultural products. The Commonwealth has also empowered local government units to protect the health, safety and welfare of their citizens and to ensure that normal agricultural operations do not negatively impact upon the health, safety and welfare of citizens. It is the purpose of this act to ensure that when local government units exercise their responsibilities to protect the health, safety and welfare of their citizens in regulating normal agricultural operations, that ordinances are enacted consistent with the authority provided to local government units by the laws of this Commonwealth. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania further declares that the intent of this act is to provide for the resolution of conflicts that may arise from the regulation of normal agricultural operations. It is further the intent of this act that this process: (1) provides a dispassionate and unprejudiced legal review of local ordinances regulating normal agricultural operations to determine whether a local ordinance complies with the Commonwealth's existing statutes; (2) reduces the costs associated with determining whether a local ordinance complies with the Commonwealth's existing statutes by utilizing current State resources and mechanisms; and (3) provides for a prompt and fair resolution to the conflict.
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