PRINTER'S NO. 3840
No. 2866 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY BOWLEY, SURRA, LEVDANSKY, HANNA, JADLOWIEC, KING,
SALOOM, CESSAR, LEH, CARLSON, ARMSTRONG, JAROLIN, STABACK,
KRUSZEWSKI, COLAIZZO, McCALL, PESCI AND WOZNIAK,
JUNE 22, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JUNE 22, 1992
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for protective material and for
3 license eligibility.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 2524 and 2704(b) of Title 34 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 2524. Protective material required.
9 (a) General rule.--Unless further restricted by regulations
10 of the commission, every person hunting for or assisting to hunt
11 for [deer, bear or woodchucks] big game, excluding wild turkey,
12 or small game, excluding migratory waterfowl, shall wear either
13 a minimum of 250 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange-
14 colored material on the back and front combined or, in lieu
15 thereof, a hat of the same color material. The material shall be
16 worn so it is visible in a 360-degree arc. [Unless otherwise
17 specified by regulations of the commission, the]
1 (b) Exceptions.--The provision of this section shall not
2 apply to the following:
3 (1) any season for using muzzle-loading firearms
4 only[,];
5 (2) any season for hunting wild turkey; or
6 (3) any season for using bows and arrows [only] unless
7 such season overlaps with small game season.
8 [(b)] (c) Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
9 offense of the fifth degree.
10 § 2704. Eligibility for license.
11 * * *
12 (b) Hunter education.--
13 (1) Persons who have not held a hunting license lawfully
14 issued to them in this Commonwealth or another state or
15 nation or have not hunted under the exceptions in section
16 2706 (relating to resident license and fee exemptions) or do
17 not possess a certificate of training approved by the
18 director prior to the enactment of this title shall be
19 required to attain accreditation in a hunter education
20 program approved by the director before a hunting license is
21 issued to them.
22 (2) In addition to taking a general hunter education
23 program, a person who wishes to hunt turkey shall complete
24 successfully, evidenced by a certificate, a course
25 specifically limited to turkey hunting safety which shall be
26 offered by the commission by the beginning of the season in
27 1994 and each year thereafter. A person who issues hunting
28 licenses shall, upon being shown a person's turkey hunting
29 safety course certificate, issue a turkey stamp to the
30 certificateholder, who shall affix the stamp to the license.
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1 There shall be no costs or fees charged or collected for the
2 stamp or the course.
3 (3) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to
4 a person who presents:
5 [(1)] (i) Evidence of service in the armed forces of
6 the United States or in the United States Coast Guard and
7 discharge or separation under honorable conditions within
8 six months of the date of application.
9 [(2)] (ii) Evidence that the person is currently
10 serving in the armed forces of the United States or in
11 the United States Coast Guard.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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