SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1568, 2175 PRINTER'S NO. 4308
No. 1320 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY REICHLEY, GEORGE, CALTAGIRONE, DeWEESE, BALDWIN,
BASTIAN, BELFANTI, BOYD, CIVERA, CLYMER, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
DENLINGER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GRELL, HARHAI,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, W. KELLER, KOTIK, MANN, O'NEILL,
PICKETT, PISTELLA, PYLE, SATHER, B. SMITH, STABACK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TURZAI, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG AND HARPER,
APRIL 11, 2005
SENATOR PIPPY, GAME AND FISHERIES, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 20, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, restricting the transport, sale, importation or
3 release of snakehead NON-NATIVE INJURIOUS fish. <--
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 § 2508. Restrictions on transport, sale, importation or release
9 of snakehead NON-NATIVE INJURIOUS fish. <--
10 (a) General rule.--No person shall transport, sell, offer
11 for sale or release in this Commonwealth or import, bring or
12 cause to be brought or imported into this Commonwealth a
13 snakehead fish of the genus Channa or the genus Ophicephalus. <--
14 (b) Construction.--Possession of a snakehead fish of the
15 genus Channa or the genus Ophicephalus shall be subject to
1 prosecution under section 2102(a) and (c) (relating to rules and
2 regulations). NON-NATIVE INJURIOUS FISH. <--
3 (B) REGULATIONS.--THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE
4 REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO NON-NATIVE INJURIOUS FISH.
5 (c) Penalty.--Any person who violates this section commits a
6 misdemeanor of the third degree.
7 Section 2. The provisions of 30 Pa.C.S. § 2102 are repealed <--
8 insofar as they are inconsistent with this act.
9 Section 3 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
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