§ 521. Establishment and use of Game Fund
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 34 Pa.C.S.A. GameEffective: July 1, 2002
Effective: July 1, 2002
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 521
§ 521. Establishment and use of Game Fund
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, all fees, royalties, fines, penalties and other moneys paid, received, recovered and collected under the provisions of this title shall be placed in a separate fund by the State Treasurer to be known as the Game Fund and shall be used solely for any contingent, incidental or other expenses of any kind or description reasonably necessary in carrying on the work of the commission, including, but not limited to, the purchase of land, the costs of activities for the promotion of public interest in recreational hunting and furtaking, nongame species, endangered or threatened species and all other game or wildlife in this Commonwealth and administration of this title.
(1) A minimum of $4.25 from each resident and nonresident license and $2 from each antlerless deer license issued for which the full fee has been paid shall be used for habitat improvement, development, maintenance, protection and restoration conducive to increasing natural propagation of game and wildlife on all lands under the control or operation of the commission, including lands enrolled in the commission's public access programs and other public lands open to hunting under agreement with the commission. The moneys collected under this paragraph shall be deposited into one separate account and shall be used exclusively for the natural propagation of game and wildlife by:
The commission shall submit an annual report on all expenditures from this account in the manner prescribed under section 522 (relating to appropriation and audit of moneys).
Credits
1986, July 8, P.L. 442, No. 93, § 1, effective July 1, 1987. Amended 1990, Dec. 17, P.L. 687, No. 170, § 1, imd. effective; 1996, April 4, P.L. 55, No. 19, § 2, imd. effective; 1998, Dec. 21, P.L. 1274, No. 166, § 3, effective July 1, 1999; 2002, Nov. 25, P.L. 1120, No. 138, § 1, effective July 1, 2002.
34 Pa.C.S.A. § 521, PA ST 34 Pa.C.S.A. § 521
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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