HB 514 — An Act amending Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, merging the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the Pennsylvania Game Commission; in preliminary provisions, in preliminary provisions relating to fish, further providing for definitions; in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for organization of commission, for executive director, for assistant executive directors, for waterways patrolmen and employees, for Boating Advisory Board, for designation of commission and for publications; in Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact, further providing for members of commission from Pennsylvania; in preliminary provisions relating to game, further providing for definitions; in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for organization of commission, for director, for Game Commission officers and employees, for deputy Game Commission officers and for junior hunter projects; and, in enforcement relating to game, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers and for deputy Game Commission officers; adding transitional provisions; and making editorial changes.

Bill Text

• Printer's No. 0508 View text Current pdf

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The bill merges the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, resulting in a new organization structure and name.

• 34 Pa.C.S. § 301

  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. → The Pennsylvania Game and Fish [and Boat] Commission is [continued as] an independent administrative commission and shall consist of [ten competent citizens of this Commonwealth who shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of a majority of the members elected to the Senate.] members with such qualifications as provided in 34 Pa.C.S. § 301 (relating to organization of commission).

  The composition of the commission changes from nine members to a flexible number of members with specified qualifications, merging the governing structure with that of the fish and boat activities.

• 34 Pa.C.S. § 301

  the counties of Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill, Berks, Northampton and Lehigh, constituting the ninth district. → The counties of Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill, Berks, Northampton and Lehigh, constituting the ninth district.

  The existing districts and their counties are reorganized under the new commission structure.

• 34 Pa.C.S. § 301

  Two members of the commission shall serve at-large and be experienced in boating and water safety education and be a registered boat owner in Pennsylvania. → members with such qualifications as provided in 34 Pa.C.S. § 301 (relating to organization of commission).

  The requirement for at-large members experienced in boating is removed and replaced with a general qualification standard.

• 34 Pa.C.S. § 301

  the counties of Franklin, Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Dauphin, York, Lebanon and Lancaster. → the counties of Franklin, Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Dauphin, York, Lebanon and Lancaster.

  The language related to the geographical representation of the commission is clarified as part of the merger.

Action History

1. February 19, 2019

   PN 0508 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES

Sponsors

• R. Lee James · Cosponsor
• Brad Roae · Primary
• Barrar · Cosponsor
• Millard · Cosponsor
• John A. Lawrence · Cosponsor

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