PRINTER'S NO.  1800

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1497

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY MOUL, CALTAGIRONE, HUTCHINSON, MURT AND ROCK, MAY 9, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MAY 9, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for deputy Game Commission

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officers.

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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.  Section 304 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

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§ 304.  Deputy Game Commission officers.

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(a.1)  Employment preference.--A deputy Game Commission

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officer who has completed at least three years of active service

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prior to the taking of the civil service examination for Game

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Commission officer or Game Commission officer trainee shall be

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eligible for the following preference applied to the civil

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service examination score and applicant selection process:

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(1)  A deputy Game Commission officer who passes the

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civil service examination for Game Commission officer or Game

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Commission officer trainee shall have ten points added to the

 


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officer's final score.

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(2)  A deputy Game Commission officer who is among the

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top three available candidates on the certification list for

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Game Commission officer or Game Commission officer trainee

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shall have mandatory preference appointment over nonveteran

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candidates.

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(3)  A deputy Game Commission officer who is on the civil

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service list for the position of Game Commission officer or

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Game Commission officer trainee may be appointed regardless

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of the officer's rank on the list.

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

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