THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY EARLL, PIPPY, BROWNE, WONDERLING, WASHINGTON, ORIE, COSTA, WAUGH, FONTANA AND RAFFERTY, MARCH 5, 2009

SENATOR ALLOWAY, GAME AND FISHERIES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 29, 2009   

AN ACT

Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in special licenses and permits, further providing

for Lake Erie fishing permits.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2907.2(f.1) of Title 30 of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

Section 1.  Section 2907.2(a) and (f.1) of Title 30 of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 2907.2.  Lake Erie fishing permits.

(a)  Permit required.--No person shall fish in [the

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Pennsylvania waters of] Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay and their

tributaries, including waters that flow into those tributaries, 

without first procuring an annual special permit for such

fishing or the combination trout/salmon/Lake Erie permit.

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(f.1)  Lake Erie permits.--The proceeds from the fees for the

special Lake Erie fishing permits as provided for under section

2715(a.1)(4) (relating to license, permit and issuing agent

fees) and $6 of the fees for the combination trout/salmon

permits and Lake Erie permits as provided for under section

2715(a.1)(5) shall be deposited into a restricted account within

the Fish Fund [for five years] through December 31, 2014. The

restricted account shall be used to provide public fishing

access or to protect or improve fish habitat on or at Lake Erie

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[and the watersheds of Lake Erie], Presque Isle Bay and their

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tributaries, including waters that flow into those tributaries.

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