PRINTER'S NO. 2042
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1719
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MALONEY, BERNSTINE, COOK, D'ORSIE, ECKER, GLEIM,
GUENST, HAMM, JAMES, M. JONES, KAUFFMAN, LEADBETER, STAATS,
STEHR AND ZIMMERMAN, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in fiscal affairs, further providing for
establishment and use of Game Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 521(a) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 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
by the commission 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]
directly related to the promotion of public interest in
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recreational hunting and furtaking, nongame species, endangered
or threatened species and all other game or wildlife in this
Commonwealth and administration of this title[.] based on the
needs and best interest of the sportsmen and sportswomen of this
Commonwealth. Money in the Game Fund may not be transferred by
an entity other than the commission and may not be transferred
for a use not consistent with this subsection.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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