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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 131

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 120 Session of 1989


        INTRODUCED BY REINARD AND RYAN, JANUARY 25, 1989

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JANUARY 25, 1989

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
     2     "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
     3     executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
     4     Executive Department thereof and the administrative
     5     departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
     6     including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
     7     Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
     8     authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
     9     departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
    10     duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
    11     officers, and of the several administrative departments,
    12     boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
    13     Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
    14     and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
    15     certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
    16     other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
    17     and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
    18     number and compensation of the deputies and all other
    19     assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
    20     commissions shall be determined," providing for notice and a
    21     hearing prior to holding a game hunt in a State park.

    22     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    23  hereby enacts as follows:
    24     Section 1.  Section 1906-A of the act of April 9, 1929
    25  (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
    26  amended by adding a clause to read:
    27     Section 1906-A.  Parks.--The Department of Environmental

     1  Resources shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
     2     * * *
     3     (12)  To comply with the following requirements prior to
     4  holding a game hunt in a State park:
     5     (a)  At least one hundred and fifty (150) days prior to the
     6  proposed hunt, the department shall provide notice of the
     7  proposed hunt, including the date and objectives of the proposed
     8  hunt and the time and place of the hearing required in subclause
     9  (b):
    10     (i)  in writing to all municipalities abutting the park;
    11     (ii)  in writing to all legislators representing districts
    12  abutting the park; and
    13     (iii)  by publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
    14     (b)  At least sixty (60) days prior to the proposed hunt, the
    15  department shall hold a public hearing in a municipality
    16  abutting the park for the purpose of considering alternative
    17  methods of accomplishing the objectives of the proposed hunt.
    18     (1)  In addition to the notice provided in subclause (a),
    19  notice of the hearing shall be advertised at least seven (7)
    20  days in advance of the hearing in a newspaper of general
    21  circulation in the area.
    22     (2)  At the hearing the department shall maintain an
    23  attendance roster containing a space for persons to indicate
    24  their desire to receive a copy of the department's decision with
    25  respect to the proposed hunt.
    26     (c)  At least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed hunt,
    27  the department shall hold a public meeting in a municipality
    28  abutting the park for the purpose of explaining its decision
    29  concerning the proposed hunt. Prior to the public meeting, the
    30  department shall provide notice of the time and place of the
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     1  meeting and a copy of the decision and explanation to:
     2     (1)  all municipalities abutting the park;
     3     (2)  all legislators representing districts abutting the
     4  park; and
     5     (3)  all persons who indicated their desire to receive a copy
     6  of the decision on the attendance roster at the public hearing
     7  or in writing addressed to the department.
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.















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