PRINTER'S NO. 4058
No. 2672 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY STABACK, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, EVERETT,
GEORGE, HALUSKA, HARHAI, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MURT, MYERS,
READSHAW, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND BRENNAN, JUNE 25, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JUNE 25, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for guiding principles in fisheries and
3 aquatic resource management decisions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 329. Guiding principles in fisheries and aquatic resource
9 management decisions.
10 In all fisheries and aquatic resource management decisions,
11 the commission shall be guided by the principles of best
12 management practices utilizing scientific analysis supported by
13 verifiable data with equal regard for the social, economic and
14 recreational impacts of its decisions.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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