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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 721

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 637 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY SURRA, STABACK, BASTIAN, CAPPELLI, DALEY,
           FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GERGELY, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HORNAMAN,
           HUTCHINSON, KOTIK, KULA, MAHONEY, O'NEILL, SOLOBAY, WALKO,
           WOJNAROSKI, PETRARCA, HESS, SIPTROTH, HARHAI AND PRESTON,
           MARCH 7, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 7, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further defining "enforcement officer"
     3     to include certain Pennsylvania Game Commission employees.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  The definition of "enforcement officer" in
     7  section 5102 of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     8  Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     9  § 5102.  Definitions.
    10     The following words and phrases as used in this part, unless
    11  a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall
    12  have the following meanings:
    13     * * *
    14     "Enforcement officer."
    15         * * *
    16         (5)  Game Commission officers and other commissioned law
    17     enforcement personnel employed by the Pennsylvania Game

     1     Commission who have and exercise the same law enforcement
     2     powers as Game Commission officers. This paragraph shall not
     3     apply to deputy Game Commission officers.
     4     * * *
     5     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

















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