PRINTER'S NO. 1699
No. 1428 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY PRENDERGAST, JUNE 28, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JUNE 28, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 15, 1959 (P.L.1779, No.673),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act relating to fish, frogs,
3 tadpoles and turtles; and amending, revising, consolidating
4 and changing the law relating to fish in the inland waters
5 and the boundary lakes and boundary rivers of the
6 Commonwealth," authorizing owners of farms to fish in ponds
7 at the farm without a license.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 56, act of December 15, 1959 (P.L.1779,
11 No.673), known as "The Fish Law of 1959," is amended to read:
12 Section 56. Fishing Authorized without License.--The
13 Pennsylvania [resident] owner or lessee of a farm, his family
14 and persons residing or regularly employed upon the farm, on
15 which is constructed an artificial pond holding water the source
16 of which is wholly within the limits of such farm or from waters
17 in which there are no game fish, may, without license at any
18 time, fish in such pond and take therefrom fish of any kind and
19 size and in any number without regard to closed seasons or creel
20 limits or other restrictions or limitations.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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