PRINTER'S NO. 541
No. 508 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, D. WHITE, RAFFERTY, KITCHEN, EARLL AND
PILEGGI, MARCH 29, 2005
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 29, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for a special license and license auction
3 to hunt one elk.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2706.2 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2706.2. [Application limitation] Elk hunting licenses.
9 (a) Application limitation.--Whenever the commission makes a
10 determination to authorize a hunting season for the taking of
11 elk, no person may submit more than one application for an elk
12 hunting license in any license year.
13 (b) License auction.--The commission is authorized to
14 auction off a special license to hunters interested in the
15 opportunity to hunt one elk subject to the following:
16 (1) One license shall be auctioned annually.
17 (2) The auction shall be open to residents and
18 nonresidents of this Commonwealth.
1 (3) The commission shall contract with the Rocky
2 Mountain Elk Foundation to implement and conduct the auction.
3 (4) The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation shall receive 4%
4 of the proceeds from the auction, and the commission shall
5 use the balance of the proceeds to pay for elk habitat
6 improvements in this Commonwealth.
7 (5) All license fees shall be paid to the commission.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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