34 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs

Section 501 - Refund Of Moneys Paid Erroneously Or Unjustly
Whenever the director is satisfied that any fee, fine or any other moneys paid into the Game Fund under any of the provisions of...
Section 502 - Collection Fee For Uncollectible Checks
(a) General rule.--Whenever any check or similar instrument issued in payment of any fee or fine or for any other purpose under this title...

Section 521 - Establishment And Use Of Game Fund
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, all fees, royalties, fines, penalties and other moneys paid, received, recovered and collected under the...
Section 522 - Appropriation And Audit Of Moneys
(a) Appropriation.--Subject to an annual review and recommendations under subsection (b), all moneys in the Game Fund are hereby appropriated to the commission and...
Section 523 - Donations
The commission may accept from any person donations which, if in the form of money or securities, shall be placed in the Game Fund...

Section 541 - Authority To Provide Deterrent Fences
(a) Fences for deer or elk.--In areas of this Commonwealth where deer and elk are present on lands open to public hunting and are,...
Section 542 - Investigation After Receipt Of Application
Upon receipt of any application under section 323 (relating to cooperative agreements) or 541 (relating to authority to provide deterrent fences), the commission shall...
Section 543 - Purchase Of Materials And Construction
(a) Purchase and delivery of materials.--The commission may purchase and deliver to the appropriate sites the required amount of wire fencing, staples, insulators, posts...
Section 544 - Maintenance, Repair Or Replacement
All fences, after erection, shall be maintained by the individuals interested, and the commission shall bear no part of any future maintenance. Replacement of...
Section 545 - Request For Review
Any dissatisfied applicant for deterrent fencing who is unable to reach a mutual agreement with the commission may request, in writing, that the director...
Section 546 - Limitation On Expenditures For Deterrent Fencing
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the director shall not spend in excess of $300,000 annually from the Game Fund for deer,...
Section 547 - Unlawful Acts
(a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to make any fraudulent or false claim, statement or report required by this subchapter or to...

Section 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...
Section 552 - Investigation And Settlement
As soon as possible after the claim for damages is received, an officer of the commission shall interview the claimant and inspect the property...
Section 553 - Payment Of Claim
In all cases where an agreement between the commission's officers and the claimant is reached regarding the true value of damage sustained and the...
Section 554 - Request For Review
When the commission's officers and the claimant cannot agree upon the value of the damages, the claimant may, within ten days of the conclusion...
Section 555 - Limitation On Expenditures For Bear Damage Claims
The director shall not spend in excess of $50,000 annually from the Game Fund for the payment of bear damage claims submitted and adjusted...
Section 556 - Unlawful Acts
(a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any owner or his employee or other agent in charge of bees or bee-keeping equipment, livestock or poultry...

Section 561 - Appointment Of Hearing Examiner
Within 15 days following receipt of a request for review under section 545 (relating to request for review) or 554 (relating to request for...
Section 562 - Powers And Duties Of Hearing Examiner
(a) General rule.--The hearing examiner shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Notify the parties of the place and time of the review....
Section 563 - Conduct Of Review
The hearing examiner shall hear and examine all witnesses, examine all evidence presented, visit any site involved in any dispute, if necessary, and, following...
Section 564 - Finality Of Decision
The decision of the hearing examiner shall be final as to findings of fact.

Last modified: October 8, 2016