PRINTER'S NO. 509
No. 470 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY NOYE, HALVERSON AND NOVAK, MARCH 2, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 2, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), entitled
2 "An act concerning game and other wild birds and wild
3 animals; and amending, revising, consolidating, and changing
4 the law relating thereto," further regulating the use of
5 recorded calls or sounds, or electronically amplified
6 imitations of calls or sounds for use in hunting any wild
7 birds or wild animals.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 704, act of June 3,
11 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), known as "The Game Law," added July 3,
12 1963 (P.L.208, No.118), is amended to read:
13 Section 704. Unlawful Methods of Hunting.--* * *
14 (g) Unlawful Sounds
15 It [is] shall be unlawful for any person to hunt for, catch,
16 take, kill or wound, or attempt to catch, take, kill or wound
17 wild turkeys by the use or aid of recorded calls or sounds or
18 recorded or electronically amplified imitation of calls or
19 sounds of any description. The commission shall be authorized,
20 by resolution, to adopt rules and regulations governing the use
21 of recorded calls or sounds or recorded or electronically
1 amplified imitation of calls or sounds of any description for
2 hunting, catching, taking, killing or wounding, or attempting to
3 catch, take, kill or wound any other wild bird or wild animal
4 regardless of classification.
5 A person violating a provision of this subsection or a rule
6 or regulation adopted thereunder shall, upon conviction, or upon
7 signing an acknowledgment of guilt, be assessed the penalties
8 and costs for each offense as set forth in subsection (q) of
9 section 731.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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