Pennsylvania Act 1972-37 — REGULATING THE IMPORTATION AND SALE OF LIVE TURTLES

Act text

REGULATING THE IMPORTATION AND SALE OF LIVE TURTLES
                  Act of Mar. 3, 1972, P.L. 102, No. 37               Cl. 03
                                  AN ACT

     Regulating the importation and sale of live turtles and
        providing for permits to be issued by the Department of
        Health.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  No person shall sell, hold for sale or offer for
     any type of commercial or public distribution any live turtle or
     lot of turtles in this Commonwealth if the sale, holding for
     sale or offering for any type of commercial or public
     distribution of such turtle or lot of turtles is prohibited by
     Federal statute or regulation, including 21 CFR § 1240.62
     (relating to turtles intrastate and interstate requirements).
        ((b) deleted by amendment)
        ((c) deleted by amendment)
        (1 amended Nov. 19, 2004, P.L.844, No. 107)
        Section 2.  (2 repealed Nov. 19, 2004, P.L.844, No.107)
        Section 3.  (3 repealed Nov. 19, 2004, P.L.844, No.107)
        Section 4.  (4 repealed Nov. 19, 2004, P.L.844, No.107)
        Section 5.  (5 repealed Nov. 19, 2004, P.L.844, No.107)
        Section 6.  (6 repealed Nov. 19, 2004, P.L.844, No.107)
        Section 7.  Instructions designating the proper care and
     treatment of live turtles and information from the Centers for
     Disease Control and Prevention on human salmonellosis infection
     associated with reptiles shall accompany each retail sale of any
     turtle and shall be distributed to the purchaser by the seller
     thereof at the time of the sale.
        (7 amended Nov. 19, 2004, P.L.844, No.107)
        Section 8.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1972.