PRINTER'S NO. 953
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
945
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, GREINER, MILLARD, RYAN, BROOKS AND
JAMES, MARCH 17, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MARCH 17, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in powers and duties of the Governor and other
constitutional officers, of the Executive Board and of the
Pennsylvania State Police, further providing for Pennsylvania
State Police Force; in powers and duties of Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources, providing for Project 70;
in powers and duties of the Department of General Services
and its departmental administrative and advisory boards and
commissions, further providing for Department of
Environmental Resources powers not affected; in powers and
duties of the Department of Community Affairs, its
departmental boards, bureaus and agencies, further providing
for powers and duties in general; and making related repeals.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 712(b)(1) and (3) of the act of April 9,
1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
1929, are amended to read:
Section 712. The Pennsylvania State Police Force.--The
various members of the Pennsylvania State Police are hereby
authorized and empowered:
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(b) To act as game protectors, and as forest, fish, or fire
wardens, and for the better performance of such duties,
(1) Seize all guns, boats, decoys, traps, dogs, game, fish,
shooting paraphernalia, or hunting or fishing appliances or
devices, used, taken, or had in possession, contrary to the laws
of this State. Any article so seized shall be held subject to
such disposition as the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
Fish Commission [or], the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
Game Commission or the Secretary of [Environmental] Conservation
and Natural Resources may respectively determine.
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(3) Search without warrant any boat, conveyance, vehicle or
receptacle, when there is good reason to believe that any law
has been violated, the enforcement or administration of which is
imposed on or vested in the Pennsylvania Fish Commission or the
Pennsylvania Game Commission or in the Department of
[Environmental] Conservation and Natural Resources.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1903-B. Project 70.
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall
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have the powers and duties vested in the Department of Commerce
by the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as
the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act.
Section 3. Sections 2401.2 and 2501-C(h) of the act are
amended to read:
Section 2401.2. Department of [Environmental] Conservation
and Natural Resources Powers not Affected.--It is not the
intention or purpose of this Article XXIV to curtail the
historical construction activities of the Department of
Environmental Resources. Therefore, nothing in this article
shall be interpreted as altering in any way the powers, duties
and authority of the Department of Environmental Resources as
possessed by it just prior to the effective date of this
article[.] and transferred to the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources by section 304 of the act of June 28, 1995
(P.L.89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources
Act.
Section 2501-C. Powers and Duties in General.--The
Department of Community Affairs shall have the power, and its
duties shall be:
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(h) To coordinate and wherever provided by law to supervise
or administer the various programs of State and Federal
assistance and grants, including but not limited to housing,
redevelopment, urban renewal, urban planning assistance,
[Project 70,] area development, revitalization of central city
cores, mass transportation, river basin studies, port
development, air and water pollution, land and soil
conservation, economic opportunity, and public works and
community facilities and Appalachian assistance; and to furnish
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comprehensive planning and technical assistance on any program
set forth in this subsection [(h)].
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Section 4. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the amendment of
section 712 of the act.
(2) Section 302(h) of the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89,
No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act,
is repealed insofar as it relates to the administration of
section 712 of the act.
(3) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (4) is necessary to effectuate the addition of
section 1903-B and the amendment of section 2501-C(h) of the
act.
(4) Section 306(d) of the Conservation and Natural
Resources Act is repealed insofar as it relates to the
transfer of duties from the Department of Community Affairs
to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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