PRINTER'S NO. 3895
No. 2914 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, DIETZ, B. D. CLARK AND KOLTER,
SEPTEMBER 17, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, SEPTEMBER 17, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), entitled
2 "An act concerning game and other wild birds and wild
3 animals; and amending, revising, consolidating, and changing
4 the law relating thereto," prohibiting the revocation of
5 appointment as a deputy game protector solely for reason of
6 age.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 208, act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225,
10 No.316), known as the "Game Law," amended February 15, 1980
11 (No.7), is amended to read:
12 Section 208. Deputy Game Protectors.--(a) The commission
13 may appoint competent men throughout the Commonwealth, to be
14 known as deputy game protectors, in such numbers as the
15 commission may deem necessary, who shall possess the rights and
16 powers given by law to game protectors, and be subject to all
17 requirements and regulations, either of the law or of rules of
18 the commission, controlling the action of such game protectors.
19 (b) Such deputy game protectors shall not be entitled to
1 recompense for either time or expenses incurred in the
2 performance of their duties unless specifically employed for
3 special duties by written order of the executive director, in
4 which the rate of compensation and allowance for expenses shall
5 be stipulated. The commission shall from time to time fix the
6 rate of compensation for such services.
7 (c) Any deputy game protector while not specifically
8 employed in writing for special duties, as above stipulated,
9 shall be entitled to collect such fees as are now, or may
10 hereafter be, paid to constables, to be assessed and collected
11 as costs of prosecution, for services legally rendered in the
12 performance of any duties in the enforcement of the several
13 provisions of this act.
14 (d) The commission shall not revoke the appointment of any
15 deputy game protector solely for reason of age unless the deputy
16 is deemed by the chief of the respective field division to be
17 physically unable to perform all the duties of a deputy.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall
19 be retroactive to January 1, 1980.
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