PRINTER'S NO.  2569

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1899

Session of

2011

  

  

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

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, OCTOBER 18, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for elk hunting licenses.

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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 2706.2 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:

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§ 2706.2.  Elk hunting licenses.

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(c)  Elk management area raffle.--If the commission awards

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the opportunity to purchase elk hunting licenses in this

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Commonwealth, other than the license auction authorized under

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subsection (b), the commission shall conduct an elk management

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area raffle. The raffle shall be subject to the following:

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(1)  The opportunity to purchase one license shall be

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awarded annually through the raffle.

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(2)  Only residents of the elk management area shall be

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eligible to participate in the raffle.

 


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(3)  The opportunity to purchase an antlered elk hunting

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license shall be awarded through the raffle in even-numbered

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years and the opportunity to purchase an antlerless elk

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hunting license shall be awarded through the raffle in

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odd‑numbered years.

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(4)  The raffle shall be conducted prior to any other

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awarding of the opportunity to purchase elk hunting licenses,

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with the exception of the license auction held under

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subsection (b).

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(5)  Except as otherwise provided by law, all applicants

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in the elk management area raffle, other than the person

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selected in the elk management area raffle, shall be eligible

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for any other award of an opportunity to purchase an elk

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hunting license.

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(d)  Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used

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in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this

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subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Elk management area."  The term as defined in 58 Pa. Code §

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141.48 (relating to elk management area and elk hunt zones).

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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