PRINTER'S NO. 955
No. 836 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY BELFANTI, NOYE, BELARDI, GEIST, F. E. TAYLOR,
BOWSER, BLAUM, KUKOVICH, MAIALE, HOWLETT, STABACK, WOZNIAK,
COHEN, FISCHER, E. Z. TAYLOR, DALEY, HERMAN, BOWLEY, TIGUE,
DeWEESE AND STUBAN, APRIL 10, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 10, 1985
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," authorizing the commission to
5 issue permits to certain disabled persons to hunt from
6 vehicles.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 418.1 of the act of June 3, 1937
10 (P.L.1225, No.316), known as The Game Law, amended March 23,
11 1970 (P.L.201, No.80), is amended to read:
12 Section 418.1. (a) The Pennsylvania Game Commission is
13 hereby authorized to issue to a disabled person who is suffering
14 from paraplegia and has permanent paralysis of both legs and
15 lower parts of the body, or who is suffering from hemiplegia and
16 has permanent paralysis of one leg and one arm or either side of
17 the body, or who has suffered amputation of both feet or one
18 hand and one foot or is permanently confined to a wheelchair or
19 must use crutches or other similar means of support to pursue
1 his daily activities and who qualifies for a hunting license
2 under the provisions of article III of this act, a special
3 permit permitting said person to hunt while using an automobile
4 or vehicle. The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations
5 requiring applicants for this permission to submit reasons for
6 granting of this request, and shall require said persons, if
7 permission is granted, to carry said permits upon their person
8 while hunting.
9 (b) The Pennsylvania Game Commission may issue a special
10 permit to any person who presents a doctor's certificate that
11 the person is physically unable to walk for an extended period
12 of time, authorizing him to hunt for, pursue, and kill from an
13 automobile or vehicle on regulated shooting grounds those
14 species of game authorized for release on such areas, subject to
15 rules and regulations prescribed by the commission. The
16 permittee shall carry the permit on his person while hunting on
17 regulated shooting grounds and shall, in addition, display a
18 current valid hunting license.
19 (c) The Pennsylvania Game Commission may issue a special
20 permit to any person who has a respiratory ailment, including,
21 but not limited to, emphysema, pneumoconiosis, anthracosilicosis
22 or black lung disease, and is required to use liquid oxygen to
23 enable him to breathe properly, authorizing him to hunt for,
24 pursue, and kill from an automobile or vehicle, subject to
25 regulations prescribed by the commission. The permittee shall
26 carry the permit on his person while hunting and shall, in
27 addition, display a valid hunting license.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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