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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 723

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 650 Session of 2001


        INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY, GEIST,
           HORSEY, McCALL, PHILLIPS, PRESTON, STABACK, SURRA, TULLI,
           WASHINGTON, J. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
           FEBRUARY 13, 2001

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 13, 2001

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for the limited hunting of
     3     woodchucks on Sundays.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 2303(b.1) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     8  § 2303.  Hunting on Sunday prohibited.
     9     * * *
    10     (b.1) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
    11         (1)  The hunting of foxes.
    12         (2)  The hunting of coyotes.
    13         (3)  Any hunting which occurs on noncommercial regulated
    14     hunting grounds holding a valid permit under section
    15     2928(b)(2) (relating to regulated hunting grounds permits).
    16         (4)  The hunting of woodchucks only with the written
    17     permission of the landowner or lessee.


     1     * * *
     2     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.



















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