PRINTER'S NO.  522

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

470

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BEYER, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, GEORGE, HALUSKA, KOTIK, MAHONEY, READSHAW, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 18, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 18, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in matters affecting

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government units, providing for legal fees in Pennsylvania

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Game Commission matters.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 8503.  Legal actions involving Pennsylvania Game Commission.

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All legal fees incurred by the Pennsylvania Game Commission

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for legal actions initiated by the Pennsylvania Game Commission

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and legal actions brought against the commission are to be paid

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from the Game Fund and not from the General Fund.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.