2013 Pa. Act 25 | Pennsylvania Act 2013-25 — AGRICULTURE CODE (3 PA.C.S.) AND GAME AND WILDLIFE CODE (34 PA.C.S.) - SWINE HUNTING PRESERVES AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE DEFINITION OF "WILD ANIMALS"

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AGRICULTURE CODE (3 PA.C.S.) AND GAME AND WILDLIFE CODE (34 PA.C.S.) - SWINE HUNTING PRESERVES AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE DEFINITION OF "WILD ANIMALS"
	Act of Jun. 24, 2013, P.L. 145, No. 25	Cl. 03

Session of 2013

No. 2013-25

SB 644

AN ACT

Amending Titles 3 (Agriculture) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for swine hunting preserves; and further providing for the definition of "wild animals."

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

Section 1. Chapter 23 of Title 3 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:

SUBCHAPTER I

SWINE HUNTING PRESERVES

Sec.

2390. Regulation of swine hunting preserves.

§ 2390. Regulation of swine hunting preserves.

(a) Promulgation.--The department shall promulgate regulations for swine hunting preserves consistent with section 14 of the department's General Quarantine Order on the Importation and Intrastate Movement of Swine, published at 39 Pa.B. 5442 (September 19, 2009).

(b) Time.--The department shall promulgate the regulations under subsection (a) within two years of the effective date of this subsection.

(c) Sterilization of male swine.--On and after the effective date of this section, it shall be unlawful to release onto a swine hunting preserve a male swine that has not been sterilized.

(d) Pennsylvania Game Commission.--Notwithstanding any other law, the Pennsylvania Game Commission shall have no authority to promulgate regulations on swine hunting preserves, and no regulation promulgated under this section shall be construed to be governed by 34 Pa.C.S. (relating to game).

Section 2. The definition of "wild animals" in section 102 of Title 34 is amended to read:

§ 102. Definitions.

Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this title which are applicable to specific provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when used in this title shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Wild animals." All mammals other than domestic animals as defined in 1 Pa.C.S. § 1991 (relating to definitions). The term shall not include a species or variation of swine, pig or boar, held in captivity.

Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 24th day of June, A.D. 2013.

TOM CORBETT

Pennsylvania Act 2013-25 — AGRICULTURE CODE (3 PA.C.S.) AND GAME AND WILDLIFE CODE (34 PA.C.S.) - SWINE HUNTING PRESERVES AND FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE DEFINITION OF "WILD ANIMALS"

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