THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY, FONTANA, EICHELBERGER, SOLOBAY, WAUGH, VANCE, D. WHITE, FERLO, BREWSTER AND WOZNIAK, MAY 12, 2011

REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MAY 12, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for powers and duties of

enforcement officers and for trespass on private property

while hunting. 

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 901(a) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 901.  Powers and duties of enforcement officers.

(a)  Powers.--Any officer whose duty it is to enforce this

title or any officer investigating any alleged violation of this

title shall have the power and duty to:

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(19)  Enforce the provisions of section 2314 (relating to

trespass on private property while hunting). This shall

include the ability to issue citations for violations of

section 2314.

Section 2.  Section 2314 of Title 34 is amended to read:

§ 2314.  Trespass on private property while hunting.

(a)  General rule.--Any person who while violating any

provision of this title or any regulations promulgated under

this title and who in addition is found to be trespassing as

defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 3503 (relating to criminal trespass)

shall be in violation of this section.

(b)  Penalty.--A violation of this section:

(1)  A violation of this section is a summary offense of

the [fifth] third degree.

(2)  A second or subsequent violation of this section

within a seven-year period is a summary offense of the fifth

degree and may result in forfeiture of the privilege to hunt

or take game or wildlife anywhere within this Commonwealth

for a period of one year.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.