Harristown Development Corp. v. Commonwealth

OPINION

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Act 153 of 1988 requires that nonprofit corporations which collect in excess of $1,500,000 in proceeds from the rental of property to the Commonwealth be subject to the terms of the Sunshine Act, 65 P.S. §§ 271-286, and the Right to Know Law, 65 P.S. §§ 66.1-66.4. The basic question raised by this case is whether Act 153 is applicable to Harristown Development Corporation (“Harristown”), and if so, whether it is constitutional.

On January 5, 1989 Harristown filed an action addressed to the original jurisdiction of Commonwealth Court seeking declaratory and injunctive…