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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 III. State Parks (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 66. Rickett's Glen State Park (Refs & Annos)
32 P.S. § 1163
§ 1163. Control and supervision; rules and regulations; utilization of timber and employment of lands
After the said property shall have passed into the possession of the Commonwealth, the Department of Forests and Waters1 shall have full control and supervision thereof, with power to adopt and carry into effect plans for the improvement, preservation and use thereof. The department may enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this Commonwealth, as it may make for the protection of life and property, the maintenance of good order and the carrying into effect the full and proper use of said property as a State Park. The department shall also have power, with the approval of the Governor, to make and carry out such plans for the profitable utilization of the dead and down timber, and such other operations for the profitable employment of said lands as may not be inconsistent with their full use as a State Park, and which the said department deems to be to the best interests of the Commonwealth. Any moneys derived therefrom shall be paid into the State Forests and Waters Fund.

Credits

1941, Aug. 1, P.L. 609, § 3.

Footnotes

The powers and duties conferred upon the Department of Forests and Waters by this statute have been transferred to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. See 71 P.S. § 1340.303(b).
32 P.S. § 1163, PA ST 32 P.S. § 1163
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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