The Butler County Treasurer's Office bustled Monday morning as staffers' hands sifted through hundreds of doe tag applications on the first day they could be processed.

According to Butler County Treasurer Diane Marburger, that is exactly the way they like it.

“We do a very good job at this,” Marguer said. “It's not broken.”

Marburger called upon the county's state legislators to witness the procedure that shows why House Bill 207 should not try to take that process out of the hands of county treasurers statewide.

The bill, introduced by primary sponsor Rep. Gerald J. Mullery, R-119, Luzern County, would shift that responsibility directly the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

According to Muller's vision, people would apply and pay online for doe tags, which allow hunters to hunt female deer.

As state Reps. Marci Mustello, R-11, and Abby Major, R-60, witnessed the process, Marburger made her arguments about keeping the issuance power in treasurer's hands.

“This is a very new system. They're already acknowledging it is going to be sluggish,” Marburger said. “Can you imagine 1 million hunters going online this morning to try to get a doe tag?”

This is an excerpt from a story that will appear in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.