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                                CHAPTER 3
                  PENNSYLVANIA FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

     Subchapter
        A.  Organization, Officers and Employees
        B.  Powers and Duties in General

        Enactment.  Chapter 3 was added October 16, 1980, P.L.996,
     No.175, effective in 90 days.
        Chapter Heading.  The heading of Chapter 3 was amended March
     19, 1992, P.L.18, No.7, effective immediately.

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                   ORGANIZATION, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

     Sec.
     301.  Organization of commission.
     302.  Executive director.
     303.  Assistant executive directors.
     304.  Waterways patrolmen and employees.
     305.  Deputy waterways conservation officers.
     306.  Boating Advisory Board.
     307.  Designation of law enforcement officers.
     308.  Designation of commission.
     § 301.  Organization of commission.
        (a)  Composition.--The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
     is continued as an independent administrative commission and
     shall consist of ten competent citizens of this Commonwealth who
     shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and
     consent of two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate for
     terms of eight years and until their successors are appointed
     and qualified.
        (b)  Qualifications.--Two members of the commission shall
     serve at-large and be experienced in boating and water safety
     education and be a registered boat owner in Pennsylvania. The
     two boatmen members shall represent the various geographical
     sections and boating interests of this Commonwealth. The
     remaining eight members shall be persons well informed on the
     subject of conservation, restoration, fish and fishing and boats
     and boating and shall be appointed, insofar as practicable, on a
     bipartisan basis and from the various geographic districts of
     this Commonwealth so that at all times one and only one member
     shall be a resident of each of the following districts:
            (1)  First district, consisting of the counties of Erie,
        Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence, Venango, Butler, Warren, Forest
        and Clarion.
            (2)  Second district, consisting of the counties of
        Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Armstrong, Indiana,
        Westmoreland and Fayette.
            (3)  Third district, consisting of the counties of
        McKean, Elk, Jefferson, Potter, Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton
        and Centre.
            (4)  Fourth district, consisting of the counties of
        Cambria, Somerset, Blair, Bedford, Huntingdon, Fulton,
        Mifflin and Juniata.
            (5)  Fifth district, consisting of the counties of Tioga,
        Lycoming, Union, Snyder, Bradford, Sullivan, Columbia,
        Montour and Northumberland.
            (6)  Sixth district, consisting of the counties of
        Franklin, Perry, Cumberland, Adams, Dauphin, York, Lebanon
        and Lancaster.
            (7)  Seventh district, consisting of the counties of
        Susquehanna, Wyoming, Luzerne, Lackawanna, Carbon, Wayne,
        Pike and Monroe.
            (8)  Eighth district, consisting of the counties of
        Schuylkill, Berks, Chester, Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks,
        Montgomery, Philadelphia and Delaware.
        (c)  Terms of office and compensation.--The members shall
     hold office for terms of eight years and may continue to hold
     office for a period of time not to exceed six months or until a
     successor is appointed and qualified, whichever occurs first. A
     member appointed to fill a vacancy for a period of four years or
     less may be eligible for appointment to a full eight-year term.
     A member who serves a full eight-year term or fills a vacancy
     for a period of more than four years shall not be eligible for
     reappointment to the commission until a period of eight years
     expires. The members shall receive no compensation for their
     services but may be reimbursed for travel expenses. When
     performing any function on behalf of the commission or acting
     within the scope of their official duties, members of the
     commission shall be authorized to operate Commonwealth vehicles
     and watercraft and shall be treated as employees of the
     Commonwealth for the purposes of automotive and general
     liability and the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known
     as the Workers' Compensation Act.
        (d)  Vacancies.--Upon the death, resignation or removal from
     office of any member, the Governor shall appoint a competent
     person to serve for the unexpired term.
        (e)  Meetings, officers and quorum.--The commission shall
     have an office in the Harrisburg area and shall hold meetings in
     the Harrisburg area in January and July and at such other times
     and places within this Commonwealth as the commission shall
     designate for the transaction of business. At the meeting held
     in July of each year, the commission shall elect one of its
     members as president and one of its members as vice president
     who shall hold office for one year. Six members shall constitute
     a quorum.
        (f)  Powers of waterways patrolmen.--Except for the power
     conferred by section 925 (relating to acknowledgment of guilt
     and receipts for payment), members of the commission may
     exercise any of the powers conferred by this title on waterways
     patrolmen.
     (Feb. 24, 1984, P.L.90, No.16, eff. 60 days; Dec. 12, 1991,
     P.L.368, No.39, eff. imd.; Dec. 19, 1996, P.L.1454, No.185, eff.
     60 days; Jan. 29, 1998, P.L.31, No.7, eff. imd.)

        2002 Partial Repeal.  Section 4 of Act 231 of 2002 provided
     that section 301 is repealed insofar as it relates to the
     consent required by the Senate to appointments by the Governor.
        1998 Amendment.  Act 7 amended subsec. (c).
        1996 Amendment.  Section 4 of Act 185 provided that the
     amendment of subsec. (c) shall not apply to a current member of
     the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission until the member
     completes the term being served on the effective date of Act
     185.
        1991 Amendment.  Act 39 amended subsec. (a).
        1984 Amendment.  Act 16 amended subsecs. (a), (b) and (e).

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