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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY HALUSKA, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, DALEY, FLECK, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HARKINS, KULA, MURPHY, READSHAW, STERN, COHEN, DeLUCA, GEIST, HANNA, HORNAMAN, KOTIK, MAHONEY, MURT, STABACK AND WHITE, OCTOBER 18, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, OCTOBER 18, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for elk hunting licenses. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Section 2706.2 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania |
6 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read: |
7 | § 2706.2. Elk hunting licenses. |
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9 | (c) Elk management area raffle.--If the commission awards |
10 | the opportunity to purchase elk hunting licenses in this |
11 | Commonwealth, other than the license auction authorized under |
12 | subsection (b), the commission shall conduct an elk management |
13 | area raffle. The raffle shall be subject to the following: |
14 | (1) The opportunity to purchase one license shall be |
15 | awarded annually through the raffle. |
16 | (2) Only residents of the elk management area shall be |
17 | eligible to participate in the raffle. |
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1 | (3) The opportunity to purchase an antlered elk hunting |
2 | license shall be awarded through the raffle in even-numbered |
3 | years and the opportunity to purchase an antlerless elk |
4 | hunting license shall be awarded through the raffle in |
5 | odd‑numbered years. |
6 | (4) The raffle shall be conducted prior to any other |
7 | awarding of the opportunity to purchase elk hunting licenses, |
8 | with the exception of the license auction held under |
9 | subsection (b). |
10 | (5) Except as otherwise provided by law, all applicants |
11 | in the elk management area raffle, other than the person |
12 | selected in the elk management area raffle, shall be eligible |
13 | for any other award of an opportunity to purchase an elk |
14 | hunting license. |
15 | (d) Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used |
16 | in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this |
17 | subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: |
18 | "Elk management area." The term as defined in 58 Pa. Code § |
19 | 141.48 (relating to elk management area and elk hunt zones). |
20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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