agricultural operation.
"Agricultural commodity." As defined in section 2 of the act
of June 10, 1982 (P.L.454, No.133), entitled "An act protecting
agricultural operations from nuisance suits and ordinances under
certain circumstances."
"Normal agricultural operation." As defined in section 2 of
the act of June 10, 1982 (P.L.454, No.133), entitled "An act
protecting agricultural operations from nuisance suits and
ordinances under certain circumstances."
Section 2. Sections 2122, 2125 and 2314(a), (b) and (c) of
Title 34 are amended to read:
§ 2122. Report to commission officer.
Any person who kills any game or wildlife, other than
raccoons, under the provisions of this subchapter shall, within
24 hours, report, orally or in writing, the killing to an
officer of the commission. The report shall set forth the date,
time and place of the killing, the number of species killed
[and], the sex of the species[.] and the location of each
carcass. The commission shall establish a self-reporting system
that allows a person assigned to remove deer for crop damage
purposes to report each harvest to an officer of the commission
via a toll-free telephone number, online application or publicly
accessible Internet website.
§ 2125. Surrender of carcass [to commission officer].
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the entire
carcass, including the head and hide[,] of all big game animals
and the entire carcass of any other game or wildlife, other than
raccoons, less entrails, shall be made available, unless
otherwise directed by an officer of the commission, intact[,
less entrails,] to any commission officer calling for them[.] or
delivered to a processor for final disposition. As used in this
section, the term "processor" means a location specified by the
commission that is willing to accept donations of animals taken
under this chapter.
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Section 3. Title 34 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2931. Agriculture access permit list.
(a) Permit list.--The commission shall create the
agriculture access permit list to connect licensed hunters with
private agricultural landowners for the purpose of crop damage
mediation.
(b) Applications.--An individual may submit an application
for placement on the list and a permit under this section in a
form and manner determined by the commission. The commission
shall provide an applicant with the option of applying for
placement on the list and a permit under this section when the
applicant is purchasing the applicant's hunting license. The
following shall apply:
(1) By selecting the option specified under this
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