PRINTER'S NO. 969
No. 883 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY LIVENGOOD, MARCH 28, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 28, 1979
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 a reduced license
5 fee for certain disabled 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
20 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as "The Local Tax Enabling Act," or
1 some other positive means of verifying residency, and the
2 establishment of his or her identity to the satisfaction of the
3 authority issuing the license, unless any such person has been
4 disqualified for a license in the manner hereinafter specified,
5 and the payment to said agent or the commission of eight dollars
6 and twenty-five cents ($8.25) except as hereinafter provided for
7 certain minors and older persons, shall be entitled to a
8 resident hunter's license and a tag with the number of the
9 license thereon, which shall entitle the holder to hunt or trap
10 for all wild birds and wild animals which may legally be hunted
11 or trapped in this Commonwealth. Residents with the above
12 qualifications, who are between the ages of twelve and sixteen
13 inclusive or who are sixty-five years of age or more at the time
14 of application, shall be entitled to a resident hunter's license
15 and tag upon payment to said agent or the commission of, in the
16 case of persons sixty-five years of age or more, five dollars
17 and twenty-five cents ($5.25) and, in the case of persons
18 between the ages of twelve and sixteen, five dollars and twenty-
19 five cents ($5.25). The application for the issuance of a
20 license in such cases shall, in addition to the other
21 information required, give the date of birth of the applicant.
22 (b) Any resident disabled veteran of any war whose
23 disability consists of the loss of one or more limbs or the loss
24 of the use of one or more limbs, or who presents a physician's
25 certificate of total or one hundred per cent disability, and who
26 meets the above qualifications shall be issued such license upon
27 application to any county treasurer without the payment of the
28 above license fee provided for the use of the Commonwealth. The
29 application for the issuance of a license in such case shall in
30 addition to the other information required, contain a statement
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1 that the applicant is a war veteran and that his disability was
2 service incurred. The county treasurer may likewise require of
3 such applicant the production of such applicant's discharge
4 papers.
5 (c) Any person who was forced to retire from his regular
6 occupation due to a disability shall be entitled to receive a
7 resident license pursuant to this section upon the completion of
8 the requirements of subsection (a). The fee shall be the same as
9 for those persons who are sixty-five or more years of age.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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