PRINTER'S NO. 86
No. 78 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, JAROLIN, FEESE, FICHTER, GODSHALL,
OLASZ, COY, NAILOR, RUBLEY, ALLEN, SAYLOR, E. Z. TAYLOR,
BROWN, HENNESSEY, PRESTON, HALUSKA, STERN, SATHER, STABACK,
BARD, HERSHEY, WAUGH, TRELLO, ROBERTS, BAKER, CIVERA AND
SEYFERT, JANUARY 28, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JANUARY 28, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the organization of the
3 Pennsylvania Game Commission.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 301(b) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 301. Organization of commission.
9 * * *
10 (b) Qualifications.--An individual who has been or is an
11 employee of the commission may not serve as a member of the
12 commission. The members of the commission shall be appointed
13 from the various geographical sections of this Commonwealth so
14 that one and only one shall be a resident of each of the
15 following districts:
16 (1) The counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence,
17 Venango, Butler, Warren, Forest and Clarion, constituting the
1 first district.
2 (2) The counties of Beaver, Allegheny, Washington,
3 Greene, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland and Fayette,
4 constituting the second district.
5 (3) The counties of McKean, Elk, Jefferson, Potter,
6 Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton and Centre, constituting the
7 third district.
8 (4) The counties of Cambria, Somerset, Blair, Bedford,
9 Huntingdon and Fulton, constituting the fourth district.
10 (5) The counties of Tioga, Lycoming, Union, Bradford,
11 Sullivan, Columbia, Montour and Northumberland, constituting
12 the fifth district.
13 (6) The counties of Snyder, Mifflin, Juniata, Franklin,
14 Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Dauphin, York, Lebanon and
15 Lancaster, constituting the sixth district.
16 (7) The counties of Susquehanna, Wyoming, Luzerne,
17 Lackawanna, Carbon, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, constituting the
18 seventh district.
19 (8) The counties of Schuylkill, Berks, Chester,
20 Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia and
21 Delaware, constituting the eighth district.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. The amendment of 34 Pa.C.S. § 301(b) shall apply
24 to members of the Pennsylvania Game Commission who take office
25 on or after the effective date of this act.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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