PRINTER'S NO. 1623
No. 1366 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY CASSIDY, MILLIRON, LETTERMAN, RENWICK, WISE AND
DiCARLO, JUNE 21, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JUNE 21, 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," providing for free hunting
5 licenses for certain handicapped persons.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 302, act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225,
9 No.316), known as "The Game Law," amended October 21, 1975
10 (P.L.431, No.122), is amended to read:
11 Section 302. Resident License Fees.--(a) Each such resident
12 as defined in sections 101 and 301, upon application made, in
13 writing, to an agent authorized to issue such licenses within
14 the Commonwealth, and upon presentation of proof by the
15 applicant that he or she is a resident of this Commonwealth as
16 previously defined in this act by producing a current
17 Pennsylvania motor vehicle registration card, or tax receipts
18 evidencing payment of State income tax, earned income tax or
19 other local taxes pursuant to the act of December 31, 1965
1 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as "The Local Tax Enabling Act," or
2 some other positive means of verifying residency, and the
3 establishment of his or her identity to the satisfaction of the
4 authority issuing the license, unless any such person has been
5 disqualified for a license in the manner hereinafter specified,
6 and the payment to said agent or the commission of eight dollars
7 and twenty-five cents ($8.25) except as hereinafter provided for
8 certain minors and older persons, shall be entitled to a
9 resident hunter's license and a tag with the number of the
10 license thereon, which shall entitle the holder to hunt or trap
11 for all wild birds and wild animals which may legally be hunted
12 or trapped in this Commonwealth. Residents with the above
13 qualifications, who are between the ages of twelve and sixteen
14 inclusive or who are sixty-five years of age or more at the time
15 of application, shall be entitled to a resident hunter's license
16 and tag upon payment to said agent or the commission of, in the
17 case of persons sixty-five years of age or more, five dollars
18 and twenty-five cents ($5.25) and, in the case of persons
19 between the ages of twelve and sixteen, five dollars and twenty-
20 five cents ($5.25). The application for the issuance of a
21 license in such cases shall, in addition to the other
22 information required, give the date of birth of the applicant.
23 (b) Any resident disabled veteran of any war whose
24 disability consists of the loss of one or more limbs or the loss
25 of the use of one or more limbs, or who presents a physician's
26 certificate of total or one hundred per cent disability, and who
27 meets the above qualifications shall be issued such license upon
28 application to any county treasurer without the payment of the
29 above license fee provided for the use of the Commonwealth. The
30 application for the issuance of a license in such case shall in
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1 addition to the other information required, contain a statement
2 that the applicant is a war veteran and that his disability was
3 service incurred. The county treasurer may likewise require of
4 such applicant the production of such applicant's discharge
5 papers.
6 (c) Any resident who is unable to use two or more limbs and
7 who meets the requirements of subsection (a) shall be issued a
8 license upon application to any county treasurer without the
9 payment of the license fee as provided for in this section. The
10 application for the issuance of a license under this subsection
11 shall in addition to the other information required, contain a
12 statement that the applicant is unable to use two or more limbs.
13 The county treasurer may require an applicant to produce
14 appropriate medical certification of his physical condition.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days or on
16 September 1 next following the date of final enactment,
17 whichever is later.
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