TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 5: BUSINESS REGULATION
§ 5809. Limitations. No mechanics’ liens shall be permitted upon public works or improvements owned or operated by the Commonwealth government. Ejection shall not be a remedy against a home owner where a lien is attached to the principal place of residence, except as a remedy of last resort. Source: PL 10-65, § 10. Commission Comment: PL 10-65 took effect August 1, 1997. PL 10-65 contained severability and savings clauses as follows: Section 11. Severability. If any provision of this Act or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance should be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Act or the application of its provisions to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. Section 12. Savings Clause. This Act and any repealer contained herein shall not be construed as affecting any existing right acquired under contract or acquired under statues repealed or under any rule, regulation or order adopted under the statues. Repealers contained in this Act shall not affect any proceeding instituted under or pursuant to prior law. The enactment of this Act shall not have the effect of terminating, or in any way modifying, any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already be in existence at the date this Act becomes effective.