2585 - Application and effect of subchapter.

                               SUBCHAPTER J           BUSINESS COMBINATION TRANSACTIONS - LABOR CONTRACTS     Sec.     2585.  Application and effect of subchapter.     2586.  Definitions.     2587.  Labor contracts preserved in business combination                transactions.     2588.  Civil remedies.        Enactment.  Subchapter J was added April 27, 1990, P.L.129,     No.36, effective immediately.        Cross References.  Subchapter J is referred to in sections     1924, 1953 of this title; section 7203 of Title 20 (Decedents,     Estates and Fiduciaries).     § 2585.  Application and effect of subchapter.        (a)  General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this     section, this subchapter shall apply to every business     combination transaction relating to a business operation if such     business operation was owned by a registered corporation (or any     subsidiary thereof) at the time of a control-share approval with     respect to the corporation (regardless of the fact, if such be     the case, that such operation after the control-share approval     is owned by the registered corporation or any other person).        (b)  Exceptions.--This subchapter shall not apply to:            (1)  Any business combination transaction occurring more        than five years after the control-share approval of the        registered corporation.            (2)  Any business operation located other than in this        Commonwealth.