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34 PA Cons Stat § 304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 304 - Deputy Game Commission officers

 § 304. Deputy Game Commission officers. (a) Appointment.--The commission may appoint deputy Game Commission officers as necessary. Except as otherwise provided, they shall possess the rights and powers given by law to Game Commission officers and be subject to all requirements and regulations, either of the law or of the commission, controlling the action of Game Commission officers.  (b) Compensation and expenses.--Deputy Game Commission officers shall not be entitled to compensation for either time or expenses incurred in the performance of their duties unless specifically employed for special duties by written order of the director. The commission shall, from time to time, fix the rate of compensation and allowable expenses for special duty services.  (c) Collection of fees.--Any deputy Game Commission officer not specifically employed, in writing, for special duties under subsection (b) shall, with written authorization of the director, be entitled to collect the fees as are now or may hereafter be paid to constables, to be assessed and collected as costs of prosecution for services legally rendered in the performance of any duties in the enforcement of this title.
34 PA Cons Stat § 321 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 321 - Meetings of commission

§ 321. Meetings of commission. (a) General rule.--The commission shall have an office in or near Harrisburg and shall annually hold meetings at such office in January and June or July and at such other times and places within this Commonwealth as the commission shall designate for the transaction of business. All meetings of the commission shall comply with the act of July 19, 1974 (P.L.486, No.175), referred to as the Public Agency Open Meeting Law.  (b) Annual election of officers.--At the meeting held in January of each year, the commission shall elect one of its members as president, one as vice president and one as secretary. These officers shall hold office for a period of one year.  (c) Quorum.--Six members appointed to the commission and in attendance at each meeting shall constitute a quorum.    References in Text. The act of July 19, 1974 (P.L.486, No.175), referred to as the Public Agency Open Meeting Law, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L.388, No.84), known as the Sunshine Act.
34 PA Cons Stat § 322 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 322 - Powers and duties of commission

 § 322. Powers and duties of commission. (a) Duties.--It shall be the duty of the commission to protect, propagate, manage and preserve the game or wildlife of this Commonwealth and to enforce, by proper actions and proceedings, the laws of this Commonwealth relating thereto.  (b) General powers and duties.--The commission has the power and duty to take all actions necessary for the administration and enforcement of this title.  (c) Specific powers and duties.--In order to administrate and enforce this title, the commission through proper action shall:  (1) Subject to section 2102(b) (relating to seasons, possession, bag limits and devices), fix seasons, daily shooting or taking hours, and any modification thereof, and daily, season and possession limits for any species of game or wildlife.  (2) Remove protection, declare an open season or increase, reduce or close a season. (3) Increase or reduce bag limits or possession limits. (4) Define geographic limitations or restrictions. (5) Fix the type and number of devices which may be used to take game or wildlife. (6) Limit the number of hunters or furtakers in any designated area and prescribe the lawful methods of hunting or taking furbearers in these areas.  (7) Govern the use of recorded calls or sounds or amplified calls or sounds of any description for taking or hunting game or wildlife.  (8) Add to or change the classification of any wild bird or wild animal. (9) Prohibit the possession, importation, exportation or release of any species of birds or animals which may be considered dangerous or injurious to the general public or to the wildlife of this Commonwealth.  (10) Manage and develop its lands and waters and other government or private lands and waters under agreement with the owners as it considers advisable and, by proper action and proceedings, enact and enforce regulations to insure the prudent and proper use of these lands.  (11) Collect, classify and preserve such statistics, data and information as in its judgment will tend to promote the object of this title and take charge of and keep all reports, books, papers and documents which shall, in the discharge of its duties, come into its possession or under its control.  (12) Take any necessary action to accomplish and assure the purposes of this title. (13) Serve the interest of sportsmen by preserving and promoting our special heritage of recreational hunting and furtaking by providing adequate opportunity to hunt and trap the wildlife resources of this Commonwealth.   (June 28, 1996, P.L.428, No.64, eff. 60 days)   1996 Amendment. Act 64 added subsec. (c)(13).
34 PA Cons Stat § 323 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 323 - Cooperative agreements

§ 323. Cooperative agreements. The commission may enter into cooperative agreements with any government agency, individual, corporation or educational or research institution to further the programs of the commission.    Cross References. Section 323 is referred to in section 542 of this title.
34 PA Cons Stat § 324 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 324 - Cooperation with Federal Government

§ 324. Cooperation with Federal Government. The Commonwealth assents to the provisions of the Federal Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. § 669 et seq.) in which the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the states through their respective fish or wildlife agencies in wildlife restoration projects, including a prohibition against the diversion of license fees paid by hunters to purposes other than administration of the wildlife agency. The commission shall perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of these cooperative wildlife restoration projects and in compliance with regulations promulgated thereunder.
34 PA Cons Stat § 325 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 325 - Limitation on disclosure of certain records

§ 325. Limitation on disclosure of certain records. (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any game protector, deputy game protector, hunting license issuing agent, or any officer, employee or agent of any Commonwealth agency, or any other private business or agency which makes or receives records of hunting and trapping licenses, or applications for obtaining hunting and trapping licenses of any type received pursuant to this title, to sell, publish or disclose in any manner whatsoever those records or affiliations to any person except as necessary to carry out the functions and business of the commission, or for any person to purchase, secure, procure or disclose any records or affiliations as described herein.  (b) Publications.--It is unlawful for the commission, the director, any game protector or deputy game protector, any officer, employee or agent of the commission or any private business or agency to sell, publish or disclose in any manner any subscription lists or mailing lists for publications issued under section 302(e) (relating to publications).  (c) Nonapplication.--The provisions of this section shall not apply to records and reports:  (1) Required for prosecutions of any violations of this title. (2) Required for administrative proceedings held pursuant to the laws of this Commonwealth. (3) Required for the prosecution of any violation of any Federal laws or the laws of any state of the United States.  (4) Required to be published to enforce the suspension or revocation of hunting and trapping privileges by the commission.  (5) Authorized by action of the commission for the sole purpose of exercising legitimate governmental function or duty.  (6) Required to determine the identification of a trapper under section 2361(a)(12) (relating to unlawful acts concerning taking of furbearers), when such information is requested by a landowner, an agent of a landowner or a lessee of land.  When such records and reports are made available by the commission for the limited purposes set forth in paragraphs (1) through (6), they shall not be published, circulated or disclosed by the receiving agency for any purposes.  (d) Penalty.--Any person violating any provision of this section commits a summary offense of the fifth degree. The record or report or name of each individual person shall constitute a separate offense.   (May 28, 1992, P.L.262, No.45, eff. July 1, 1992)   2006 Partial Repeal. Section 3 of Act 60 of 2006 provided that subsection (d) is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with section 1(g) of Act 60.  1992 Amendment. Act 45 amended subsec. (c).  Cross References. Section 325 is referred to in sections 302, 2361 of this title.
34 PA Cons Stat § 326 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 326 - Use of credit and debit cards

 § 326. Use of credit and debit cards. (a) Sales of licenses and other items.--The executive director with the approval of the commission may establish policies and procedures for the use of credit cards and debit cards for the purchase of licenses, permits, publications, promotional items and other items sold or offered for sale by the commission.  (b) Fines and settlements.--The executive director with the approval of the commission may establish policies and procedures for use of debit cards for persons to pay fines, settlements or other amounts collected under this title.   (May 16, 1996, P.L.207, No.36, eff. 90 days)   1996 Amendment. Act 36 added section 326.
34 PA Cons Stat § 327 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 3 - Pennsylvania Game Commission|Section 327 - Junior hunter projects

 § 327. Junior hunter projects. (a) General rule.--It shall be the duty of the commission to initiate, implement and administer two or more junior license hunter projects for the purpose of increasing and sustaining interest in hunting among young persons of this Commonwealth. Except for the requirement to actually hold a junior hunting license under section 2705(2) or (9) (relating to classes of licenses) and as may otherwise be modified by commission regulations, all participants in any junior hunter project shall comply with all of the provisions of this title and the regulations promulgated hereunder.  (b) Specific projects.-- (1) One of the projects shall consist of at least two free hunting days for persons qualified to receive a junior hunting license under section 2705(2) or (9) and who have successfully completed the hunter education requirements under section 2704(b) (relating to eligibility for license). The commission shall establish the days, times and species which may be taken during the free hunting days.  (2) One of the projects shall consist of a Pennsylvania Game Commission program subject to the review of both the Game and Fisheries Committee of the House of Representatives and the Game and Fisheries Committee of the Senate. The respective committees shall have 60 days to review the program and submit comments to the commission. Prior to completion of the review by the respective committees, the commission shall not take any action to initiate the program.   (July 11, 1996, P.L.659, No.114, eff. imd.)   1996 Amendment. Act 114 added section 327.
34 PA Cons Stat § 501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs|Section 501 - Refund of moneys paid erroneously or unjustly

§ 501. Refund of moneys paid erroneously or unjustly. Whenever the director is satisfied that any fee, fine or any other moneys paid into the Game Fund under any of the provisions of this title or any other statute were erroneously or unjustly collected and deposited, the director, upon receipt of a petition for a refund within two years after the deposit, may authorize a requisition in favor of the person from whom the money was erroneously or unjustly collected for the amount involved. Upon receipt of the requisition, the proper official shall draw a warrant in favor of the person from whom the fee, fine or other money was erroneously or unjustly collected.    Cross References. Section 501 is referred to in section 2709 of this title.
34 PA Cons Stat § 502 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs|Section 502 - Collection fee for uncollectible checks

 § 502. Collection fee for uncollectible checks. (a) General rule.--Whenever any check or similar instrument issued in payment of any fee or fine or for any other purpose under this title is returned to the commission as uncollectible, the person who makes, issues or presents the check or other instrument shall be charged a $25 fee to be credited to the Game Fund. This fee shall be in addition to any costs of prosecution or penalties assessed as a result of the uncollectible check or instrument.  (b) Voidness for uncollectibility.--Any license, permit, voucher or privilege granted by the uncollectible check or other instrument shall be void until all fees are paid by a negotiable check or instrument.   (July 9, 2008, P.L.927, No.67, eff. 60 days)   2008 Amendment. Act 67 amended subsec. (b).
34 PA Cons Stat § 521 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs|Section 521 - Establishment and use of Game Fund

§ 521. Establishment and use of Game Fund. (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, all fees, royalties, fines, penalties and other moneys paid, received, recovered and collected under the provisions of this title shall be placed in a separate fund by the State Treasurer to be known as the Game Fund and shall be used solely for any contingent, incidental or other expenses of any kind or description reasonably necessary in carrying on the work of the commission, including, but not limited to, the purchase of land, the costs of activities for the promotion of public interest in recreational hunting and furtaking, nongame species, endangered or threatened species and all other game or wildlife in this Commonwealth and administration of this title.  (b) Specific allocation of certain revenues.-- (1) A minimum of $4.25 from each resident and nonresident license and $2 from each antlerless deer license issued for which the full fee has been paid shall be used for habitat improvement, development, maintenance, protection and restoration conducive to increasing natural propagation of game and wildlife on all lands under the control or operation of the commission, including lands enrolled in the commission's public access programs and other public lands open to hunting under agreement with the commission. The moneys collected under this paragraph shall be deposited into one separate account and shall be used exclusively for the natural propagation of game and wildlife by:  (i) Improving and maintaining any natural wildlife habitat by the production, distribution and planting of trees, shrubs, vines and forage crops.  (ii) Forest management practices related to the creation and development of food and cover. (iii) Development and management of food and cover openings, including maintenance of soil fertility and herbaceous ground cover.  (iv) Purchase, construction and enhancement of wetlands and riparian areas. (v) Construction and maintenance of nesting, brooding and rearing structures or areas. (vi) The prorated cost for the purchase, maintenance and operation of equipment, tools and materials necessary to meet the habitat improvement objectives of this section. No moneys in this account shall be used for capital purchases under this subparagraph.  The commission shall submit an annual report on all expenditures from this account in the manner prescribed under section 522 (relating to appropriation and audit of moneys).  (2) Any moneys collected by or for the commission from the sale of the migratory bird hunting license shall be used for the purpose of migratory game bird management, habitat acquisition and improvement and related program administrative costs.  (3) (Deleted by amendment).  (Dec. 17, 1990, P.L.687, No.170, eff. imd.; Apr. 4, 1996, P.L.55, No.19, eff. imd.; Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1274, No.166, eff. July 1, 1999; Nov. 25, 2002, P.L.1120, No.138, eff. July 1, 2002)    2002 Amendment. Act 138 amended subsec. (b).
34 PA Cons Stat § 522 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs|Section 522 - Appropriation and audit of moneys

 § 522. Appropriation and audit of moneys. (a) Appropriation.--Subject to an annual review and recommendations under subsection (b), all moneys in the Game Fund are hereby appropriated to the commission and may be expended only for the purposes authorized under this title.  (b) Audit and report.-- (1) A performance audit of the commission to examine the commission's compliance with its strategic plan for the concluding fiscal year shall be conducted by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee and shall be submitted to the Game and Fisheries Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Game and Fisheries Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives no later than February 28, 2000. After February 28, 2000, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall conduct a performance audit of the commission every three years no later than February 28th.  (2) No later than January 31 of each year the commission through its executive director shall submit an annual written report to the Game and Fisheries Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Game and Fisheries Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives which shall include the complete budget for the current fiscal year and for the next fiscal year. The commission shall meet with the specified committees of the General Assembly to receive oral testimony in relation to the annual written reports and to examine the commission's compliance with section 328 (relating to accountability) when so requested.  (c) Expenditures from Game Fund.--After review under subsection (a), the commission shall submit to the Governor, for approval or disapproval, estimates of the amount of moneys to be expended from the Game Fund. The State Treasurer shall not honor any requisition for expenditure of any moneys in excess of the amount approved by the Governor. Moneys in the Game Fund shall be paid out upon warrant of the State Treasurer drawn after requisition by the director of the commission.  (Apr. 4, 1996, P.L.55, No.19, eff. imd.; Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1274, No.166, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 522 is referred to in sections 328, 521 of this title.
34 PA Cons Stat § 523 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs|Section 523 - Donations

§ 523. Donations. The commission may accept from any person donations which, if in the form of money or securities, shall be placed in the Game Fund and used for the purposes set forth in this title or, if in the form of real or personal property, shall be utilized or disposed of as provided by law.
34 PA Cons Stat § 541 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs|Section 541 - Authority to provide deterrent fences

 § 541. Authority to provide deterrent fences. (a) Fences for deer or elk.--In areas of this Commonwealth where deer and elk are present on lands open to public hunting and are, in a material way, injuring or destroying farm crops, fruit orchards or commercial tree nurseries where ornamental or fruit trees are grown for sale or regeneration on commercial forest lands, the owners or lessees of such farms, fruit orchards, commercial tree nurseries or commercial forest lands may make application to the commission for assistance in the erection of a deterrent fence. Except where produce is raised for market on a commercial basis, the provisions of this section shall not apply to gardens or truck patches.  (b) Fences for bears.--In areas of this Commonwealth where bears are present on lands open to public hunting and are, in a material way, damaging or destroying beehives where ten or more hives are placed at one location or imminent danger exists of such damage or destruction, the owner of such beehives may make application to the director for assistance in the erection of a deterrent fence.    Cross References. Section 541 is referred to in section 542 of this title.
34 PA Cons Stat § 542 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 34 - GAME|Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs|Section 542 - Investigation after receipt of application

§ 542. Investigation after receipt of application. Upon receipt of any application under section 323 (relating to cooperative agreements) or 541 (relating to authority to provide deterrent fences), the commission shall investigate the conditions prevailing on such property and adjacent territory. If the investigation discloses the need of protection from deer, elk or bear as would be provided by fencing, the commission may enter into a written agreement with the applicant for the erection of a deer, elk or bear deterrent fence of such height, design, materials and type of construction as the commission specifies.