This chapter shall be known and cited as the "Lawrence Township
Elk Guide Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
APPLICATION FEE
A fee imposed by the Township on an annual basis upon any
purported elk guide applicant who requests an application form from
the Township to be considered for licensure as and elk guide under
this chapter.
ELK GUIDE
Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, and/or any other entity or combination thereof who holds
himself/herself/itself, or its agents and/or employees, out as having
expertise, experience and/or training in elk guiding and who/which
will otherwise contract with, or intends to contract with, any Pennsylvania-licensed
elk hunter(s) and/or tag holder(s) for purposes of leading and/or
guiding said hunter(s) with the intention of facilitating said hunters'
chances of shooting, and otherwise harvesting, male and/or female
elk in any of the elk hunting zones established within the boundaries
of Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, by the Pennsylvania
Game Commission.
ELK GUIDE LICENSE
An annual license issued by the Township which authorizes
an applicant to provide elk guiding services within the boundaries
of Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania under the terms
and conditions of this chapter.
LICENSURE FEE
An annual fee imposed by Lawrence Township under this chapter
which must be paid to Lawrence Township, in advance, before any elk
guide license is issued and before any such elk guide has authority
to provide elk hunters with elk guiding services within any of the
elk hunting zones established by the Pennsylvania Game Commission
within the confines of Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
REGISTRATION AGENT
The Lawrence Township officer and/or employee charged with
accepting and reviewing all elk guide license applications, under
this chapter, and with issuing all Lawrence Township elk guide licenses.
The initial registration agent under this chapter shall be the Lawrence
Township Secretary.
TOWNSHIP
Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (being
a Second Class Township as so designated under Pennsylvania law),
which maintains its registered office at 9120 Clearfield-Curwensville
Highway, Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830.
The applicant and licensure provisions of the ordinance do not
apply to any immediate family members of a licensed elk hunter who
choose to accompany said elk hunter on an elk hunt within the boundaries
of the Township. However, the number of immediate family members who
may accompany a licensed elk hunter on any particular hunting expedition
is limited to no more than five. For purposes of this section, the
term "immediate family members" means: spouses, children, step-children,
siblings, grandchildren, spouses of children, spouses of siblings
and grandparents.
The various parts, articles, sections and clauses of this chapter
are hereby declared to be severable. If any part, article, sentence,
paragraph, section or clause is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this chapter
shall not be affected thereby.