§ 20.2. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act—The act of April 29, 1994 (P. L. 142, No. 24), which amended 18 Pa.C.S. § 5511(j) (relating to cruelty to animals) and established 18 Pa.C.S. § 5511.1 (relating to live animals as prizes prohibited).
Agricultural program—A program having the cultivation of soil or water, the production of plants, the production of domestic animals or the production of some agricultural product as its primary purpose.
Department—The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.
Domestic animal—A dog, cat, equine animal, bovine animal, sheep, goat or porcine animal.
Educational program—A program having the instruction of its participants in agriculture, subjects related to agriculture, the sciences or rural community leadership as its primary purpose.
Fish—A live animal member of the superclass Pisces.
Game—A drawing, lottery, contest, sweepstakes or similar activity engaged in for diversion, amusement or profit, regardless of whether its outcome is determined by the skill of the participant, random chance or some combination of the two. The term does not include an exhibition or competition of agricultural animals for agricultural vocational purposes.
Person—An individual, partnership, sole proprietorship, corporation or business entity.
Prize—An article or other consideration, such as a coupon or discount, awarded to a game contestant or any other person as a result of a contestant’s participation in a particular game, regardless of whether the awarding of the prize is contingent upon achieving some level of success in the game or upon mere participation in the game.
Sanction—The action taken by the Department when the Secretary or a designee issues a written notice that a particular program is an agricultural, educational or vocational program to which the exception in 18 Pa.C.S. § 5511.1(b)(1) applies.
Secretary—The Secretary of the Department.
Sponsor—The relationship of the Department to an entity to which it awards grants under authority of the Agricultural and Rural Youth Development Act (3 P. S. § § 1601—1609), the Pennsylvania Agricultural Fair Act (3 P. S. § § 1501—1508) or other statutory authority by which the Department may award grants or extend loans to agricultural, educational or vocational programs.
Vocational program—A program having the preparation of its participants for careers in agriculture or the agricultural sciences as its primary purpose.
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