A04487
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2108
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY STEELE, PROBST, DELLOSO, GUENST, HILL-EVANS, KHAN,
WAXMAN, STAMBAUGH, DALEY, FRIEL AND SCOTT, MARCH 14, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 14, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing
for organization of commission and for director.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 301(a) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 301. Organization of commission.
(a) Composition.--[The] Subject to subsection (b.1), the
independent administrative commission known as the Pennsylvania
Game Commission shall consist of nine competent citizens of this
Commonwealth who shall be well informed on the subject of
wildlife conservation and restoration and who shall be appointed
by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of a
majority of the elected members of the Senate.
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(b.1) Additional consideration.--The Governor shall ensure
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that at least one member of the commission is:
(1) knowledgeable in the area of wildlife management;
and
(2) actively engaged in a normal agricultural operation,
as defined in section 2 of the act of June 10, 1982 (P.L.454,
No.133), referred to as the Right-to-Farm Law.
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Section 2. Section 302(a) of Title 34 is amended to read:
§ 302. Director.
(a) Appointment.--[The commission shall select a director.]
The director shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of
two years, by and with the advice and consent of a majority of
the elected members of the Senate. No member of the commission
nor anyone who has served as a member of the commission within
one year after service shall be eligible for selection as
director. [The director shall serve as such at the pleasure of
the commission.]
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Section 3. The amendment of 34 Pa.C.S. § 302(a) shall apply
beginning January 1, 2025.
Section 2 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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