PRINTER'S NO. 1447
No. 1156 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY M. WHITE, WAUGH, EARLL, LAVALLE, STOUT, GREENLEAF,
SCARNATI, MADIGAN AND D. WHITE, OCTOBER 16, 2001
REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, OCTOBER 16, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 10, 1931 (P.L.492, No.156), entitled
2 "An act relating to the trespassing of live stock on improved
3 lands; providing for the taking up, impounding and sale
4 thereof; imposing duties on and fixing the fees of
5 constables, justices of the peace, and viewers appointed in
6 connection therewith; prescribing the procedure for
7 repossession by the owner thereof; providing for the fixing
8 and taxing of costs, including attorneys' fees; and repealing
9 inconsistent legislation," including certain elk and red deer
10 in definition of "live stock."
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 1 of the act of June 10, 1931 (P.L.492,
14 No.156), entitled "An act relating to the trespassing of live
15 stock on improved lands; providing for the taking up, impounding
16 and sale thereof; imposing duties on and fixing the fees of
17 constables, justices of the peace, and viewers appointed in
18 connection therewith; prescribing the procedure for repossession
19 by the owner thereof; providing for the fixing and taxing of
20 costs, including attorneys' fees; and repealing inconsistent
21 legislation," amended June 22, 2001 (P.L.581, No.40), is amended
22 to read:
1 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That whenever the words "live
2 stock" are used in this act, they shall include all elk or red
3 deer on farms contained behind fences, cattle, horses, sheep,
4 goats and swine of every age and sex, and shall include the
5 plural as well as the singular, and whenever a singular noun is
6 used in this act, it shall include also the plural thereof.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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