PRINTER'S NO. 874
No. 747 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GERGELY, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, GIBBONS, GOODMAN,
HANNA, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KOTIK, MAHONEY, MENSCH, PETRONE,
PICKETT, PRESTON, PYLE, REICHLEY, SONNEY, STABACK, SURRA,
WALKO, WANSACZ, J. WHITE, WILLIAMS, FABRIZIO AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MARCH 19, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 19, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for a special license and license auction
3 to hunt one elk.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2706.2 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2706.2. [Application limitation] Elk hunting licenses.
9 (a) Application limitation.--Whenever the commission makes a
10 determination to authorize a hunting season for the taking of
11 elk, no person may submit more than one application for an elk
12 hunting license in any license year.
13 (b) License auction.--The commission is authorized to
14 auction off a special license to hunters interested in the
15 opportunity to hunt one elk subject to the following:
16 (1) One license shall be auctioned annually.
17 (2) The auction shall be open to residents and
1 nonresidents of this Commonwealth.
2 (3) The commission may, under 62 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating
3 to Commonwealth Procurement Code), contract with a person to
4 implement and conduct the auction.
5 (4) At least 95% of the proceeds from the auction shall
6 be used to pay for elk habitat improvements in this
7 Commonwealth.
8 (5) All license fees shall be paid to the commission.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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