PRINTER'S NO. 2666

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2127 Session of 1981


        INTRODUCED BY HASAY, STUBAN AND W. W. FOSTER, DECEMBER 9, 1981

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, DECEMBER 9, 1981

                                     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," increasing the maximum purchase
     5     price per acre the commission may pay for land.

     6     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     7  hereby enacts as follows:
     8     Section 1.  The first paragraph of section 903, act of June
     9  3, 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), known as "The Game Law," amended
    10  July 9, 1976 (P.L.908, No.163), is amended to read:
    11     Section 903.  Purchase Price.--For land to be used as State
    12  Game Lands the commission may pay what it considers a fair and
    13  reasonable price not exceeding [two hundred dollars] five
    14  hundred dollars  per acre exclusive of Federal and other cost-
    15  sharing funds and consistent with the market value of land in
    16  the locality in which any such land may be located.
    17     * * *
    18     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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