Pennsylvania Act 1996-64 — GAME AND WILDLIFE CODE (34 PA.C.S) - AMEND POWERS AND DUTIES

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GAME AND WILDLIFE CODE (34 PA.C.S) - AMEND POWERS AND DUTIES
                  Act of Jun. 28, 1996, P.L. 428, No. 64              Cl. 34
                             Session of 1996
                               No. 1996-64

     HB 1823

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, further providing for the powers and duties of the
        Pennsylvania Game Commission.

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

        Section 1.  Section 322(c) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
      § 322.  Powers and duties of commission.
        * * *
        (c)  Specific powers and duties.--In order to administrate
     and enforce this title, the commission through proper action
     shall:
            * * *
            (13)  Serve the interest of sportsmen by preserving and
        promoting our special heritage of recreational hunting and
        furtaking by providing adequate opportunity to hunt and trap
        the wildlife resources of this Commonwealth.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 28th day of June, A. D. 1996.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE