A04837
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2314
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY CIRESI, MAY 21, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MAY 21, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for
definitions; in Pennsylvania Game Commission, providing for
marketing expenditures; and, in fiscal affairs, further
providing for appropriation and audit of moneys.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 522(a) and (c) of Title 34 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
Section 1. Section 102 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions 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:
* * *
"Business." As defined in 65 Pa.C.S. § 1102 (relating to
definitions).
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
"Business in which a commissioner or employee is associated."
A business in which a commissioner or employee of the
commission, a member of a commissioner's or employee's immediate
family or a romantic partner of a member of the commissioner's
or employee's immediate family:
(1) is a director, officer, owner, employee or
contractor;
(2) has any other financial interest; or
(3) derives a financial benefit .
* * *
"Immediate family." As defined in 65 Pa.C.S. § 1102
(relating to definitions).
* * *
Section 2. Title 34 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 329. Marketing expenditures.
(a) Marketing plan required.--The commission may not expend
money from the Game Fund or amounts donated under section 523
(relating to donations) for marketing unless the expenditure is
made in accordance with a marketing plan that complies with this
section and is adopted under subsection (d)(3).
(b) Proposed marketing plan.--The commission may adopt a
proposed marketing plan at a meeting under section 321 (relating
to meetings of commission). The commission shall include the
goals of the marketing effort, the proposed budget and a review
of the methods of marketing that will be pursued in a proposed
marketing plan.
(c) Publication of proposed marketing plan.--Upon the
adoption of a proposed marketing plan under subsection (b) or a
revised proposed marketing plan under subsection (d)(2), the
commission shall publish the proposed marketing plan on the
A04837 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
commission's publicly accessible Internet website and shall
accept comments from an individual or sportsmen's organization
for a period of not less than 60 days. The commission shall
publish all comments received during the comment period on the
commission's publicly accessible Internet website and the
commission shall include a written response to each comment
received.
(d) Adoption of final marketing plan.--At the end of the
comment period under subsection (c), the commission may do any
of the following at a meeting under section 321:
(1) Withdraw the proposed marketing plan under
subsection (b).
(2) Amend the proposed marketing plan and publish the
plan in accordance with subsection (c) for an additional
comment period.
(3) Adopt a final marketing plan at a meeting under
section 321.
(e) Prohibition.--The commission may not enter into an
agreement to pay a business in which a commissioner or employee
is associated for marketing services, including a sponsorship.
Section 3. Section 522(a) and (c) of Title 34 are amended to
read:
§ 522. Appropriation and audit of moneys.
(a) Appropriation.--
(1) Subject to an annual review and recommendations
under subsection (b), all moneys in the Game Fund are hereby
appropriated to the commission and may be expended only for
the purposes authorized under this title. This paragraph
expires June 30, 2025.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, the commission shall
A04837 - 3 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
prepare and annually submit to the chair of the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chair of the
Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives the
information required under subsection (b)(2) and an analysis
of and requests and recommendations regarding the itemized
budget of amounts to be appropriated from the Game Fund.
* * *
(c) Expenditures from Game Fund.--
(1) After review under subsection (a), the commission
shall submit to the Governor, for approval or disapproval,
estimates of the amount of moneys to be expended from the
Game Fund. The State Treasurer shall not honor any
requisition for expenditure of any moneys in excess of the
amount approved by the Governor. Moneys in the Game Fund
shall be paid out upon warrant of the State Treasurer drawn
after requisition by the director of the commission. This
paragraph expires June 30, 2025.
(2) Beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year, moneys in
the Game Fund shall be paid out upon appropriation by the
General Assembly and, after requisition by the director of
the commission, warrant of the State Treasurer.
Section 2 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
A04837 - 4 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22