PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 723 PRINTER'S NO. 1439
No. 657 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, HELFRICK, MADIGAN, FUMO, EARLL AND STACK,
MARCH 20, 2001
SENATOR HELFRICK, GAME AND FISHERIES, AS AMENDED,
OCTOBER 16, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for the possession of shed antlers.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 2307(d) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 2307. Unlawful taking or possession of game or wildlife.
8 * * *
9 (d) Exceptions.--This section shall not apply to
10 [authorized]:
11 (1) Authorized individuals who euthanize critically
12 injured game or wildlife, which shall be permitted when it is
13 reasonable to believe that the chance of survival of the
14 injured game or wildlife is minimal or the injured game or
15 wildlife poses a threat to human safety.
16 (2) Any individual who finds and retains for their own
17 use any deer or elk antler which is shed through natural
1 causes or as a result of an accident by a deer or elk. This <--
2 paragraph shall not be construed to permit any person
3 possessing a shed antler to sell, barter or trade or to offer
4 to sell, barter or trade any shed antler.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. Any provision of 58 Pa. Code is abrogated insofar
7 as that provision is contrary to the provisions of 34 Pa.C.S. §
8 2307(d)(2).
9 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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