PRINTER'S NO. 1378
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1086
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN, VOGEL, DUSH, LAUGHLIN, J. WARD AND
CULVER, FEBRUARY 21, 2024
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 21, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, further providing
for report to commission officer and for surrender of carcass
to commission officer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2122 and 2125 of Title 34 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2122. Report to commission officer.
Any person who kills any game or wildlife, other than
raccoons, under the provisions of this subchapter shall, within
24 hours, report, orally or in writing, the killing to an
officer of the commission. The report shall set forth the date,
time and place of the killing, the number of species killed
[and], the sex of the species[.] and the location of each
carcass. The commission shall establish a self-reporting system
that allows a person assigned to remove deer for crop damage
purposes to report each harvest to an officer of the commission
via a toll-free telephone number, online application or publicly
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accessible Internet website.
§ 2125. Surrender of carcass [to commission officer].
Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the entire
carcass, including the head and hide[,] of all big game animals
and the entire carcass of any other game or wildlife, other than
raccoons, less entrails, shall be made available, unless
otherwise directed by an officer of the commission, intact[,
less entrails,] to any commission officer calling for them[.] or
delivered to a processor for final disposition. As used in this
section, the term "processor" means a location specified by the
commission that is willing to accept donations of animals taken
under this chapter.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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