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§ 5309. Vulnerable species

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks
Part IV. Conservation and Land Development
Chapter 104. Wild Resource Conservation (Refs & Annos)
32 P.S. § 5309
§ 5309. Vulnerable species
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(a) Species classified as vulnerable shall be subject to the following restrictions:
(1) The Environmental Quality Board1 upon designation of vulnerable species shall establish regulations over the digging, harvesting, sale and exploitation of said species.
(2) The regulations shall:
(i) consider the distribution, abundance, economic value, growing and reproduction cycle;
(ii) establish seasons for the digging and harvesting of plants or plant parts; and
(iii) provide for the commercial licensing of persons who buy with the intent to sell vulnerable plants within the Commonwealth or export said plants therefrom and to require the licensees to maintain records of their transactions.
(3) The Environmental Quality Board shall establish the license fee.

Credits

1982, June 23, P.L. 597, No. 170, § 9, effective Jan. 1, 1983.

Footnotes

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The powers and duties vested in the Environmental Quality Board by this section have been transferred to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. See 71 P.S. § 1340.313(g).
32 P.S. § 5309, PA ST 32 P.S. § 5309
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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