PRINTER'S NO. 3274
No. 2485 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY HESS, PHILLIPS, WAUGH, TRELLO, LUCYK, COLAFELLA,
ROBERTS, S. H. SMITH, HERSHEY, VAN HORNE, YOUNGBLOOD, LEH AND
SURRA, MARCH 19, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 19, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, prohibiting the use of facsimiles of game or
3 wildlife for law enforcement purposes.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 909. Use of artificial animals prohibited.
9 (a) General rule.--The use of facsimiles of game or wildlife
10 for law enforcement purposes under this title is prohibited.
11 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
12 "facsimile" means a copy of an original with similar
13 characteristics of the original. The term shall include manmade,
14 mechanical or electronic decoys of any game or wildlife.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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