§ 2305. Threatened and endangered species
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 30 Pa.C.S.A. FishEffective: July 8, 2007
Effective: July 8, 2007
30 Pa.C.S.A. § 2305
§ 2305. Threatened and endangered species
(b) Rules, regulations and permits.--The commission may promulgate rules and regulations governing the catching, taking, killing, importation, introduction,transportation, removal, possession, selling, offering for sale or purchasing of threatened and endangered species and, if deemed advisable, may issue permits for catching, taking or possessing any of those species.
(c) Penalty.--Any person intentionally violating any rule or regulation promulgated under this section commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. Each fish caught, taken, killed, imported, transported, removed, introduced, possessed, sold, offered for sale or purchased in violation of any rule or regulation promulgated under this section shall constitute a separate offense. Catching a threatened or endangered species shall not constitute a violation if it is immediately released where it was captured in the condition in which it was captured.
Credits
1980, Oct. 16, P.L. 996, No. 175, § 1, effective in 90 days. Amended 2007, July 8, P.L. 82, No. 27, § 1, imd. effective.
30 Pa.C.S.A. § 2305, PA ST 30 Pa.C.S.A. § 2305
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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