The Commonwealth Court has yet to decide whether the remaining Act 13 amendments of 2009 to the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act can stand following the state Supreme Court’s ruling invalidating several provisions as unconstitutional, but that hasn’t stopped it from issuing a separate ruling interpreting its original jurisdiction under Act 13 in the meantime.
In early March, the Commonwealth Court ruled in the consolidated cases of Seitel Data v. Center Township, Seitel Data v. Shippingport Borough and Seitel Data v. Greene Township that it only has original jurisdiction under Act 13 to hear challenges to officially enacted township resolutions and agreements.
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