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Authority for payment - 34 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 551

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                               SUBCHAPTER D
                      PAYMENT OF BEAR DAMAGE CLAIMS

     Sec.
     551.  Authority for payment.
     552.  Investigation and settlement.
     553.  Payment of claim.
     554.  Request for review.
     555.  Limitation on expenditures for bear damage claims.
     556.  Unlawful acts.
     § 551.  Authority for payment.
        (a)  General rule.--Except as limited by subsection (b), the
     commission may pay for any damage done to livestock or poultry
     or damage done to bees or bee-keeping equipment by bears upon
     lands open to public hunting and lands within safety zones if
     the damages are reported to an office of the commission within
     ten days of the damage and the claims are presented in a sworn
     written statement.
        (b)  Bee hives and equipment.--No claim for damage to bees or
     their hives or bee-keeping equipment shall be paid if any of the
     following factors occurred:
            (1)  The bear is killed.
            (2)  The affected hives are located more than 300 yards
        from the domicile of the owner or from the domicile of his
        employee or other agent in charge thereof.
            (3)  The claim is a second or subsequent claim filed by
        the claimant and the claimant has not erected, maintained and
        operated a commission-approved and furnished bear deterrent
        fence around the hives.
        (c)  Restriction on claimants.--All payments for bear damages
     shall be restricted to persons domiciled in this Commonwealth.

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