PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 782 PRINTER'S NO. 1204
No. 718 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, DeWEESE, ARGALL, SURRA, HENNESSEY,
NAILOR, BAKER, CESSAR, BUSH, COY, ARMSTRONG, FAIRCHILD,
GEIST, CORRIGAN, DEMPSEY, KAISER, OLASZ, PESCI, LEVDANSKY,
McCALL, CORNELL, STAIRS, TRELLO, BELFANTI, LESCOVITZ,
PRESTON, E. Z. TAYLOR, CLARK, KING, PETTIT, RITTER, CLYMER,
LEE, ROONEY, ADOLPH, SEMMEL, HESS, GERLACH AND PETRARCA,
MARCH 22, 1993
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 19, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for disabled person permits.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 2923(c) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 2923. Disabled person permits.
8 * * *
9 (c) Bow and arrow or crossbow.--
10 [(1)] A permit [may] shall be issued to any [disabled]
11 person who presents a doctor's certificate showing that the
12 person is [suffering from], because of a permanent [paralysis
13 of one arm or who has suffered amputation of one arm]
14 physical condition, unable to hunt with a conventional bow
15 and arrow, authorizing that person to hunt by the use of:
1 [(i)] (1) A bow and arrow which is held in place by a
2 brace secured around the body of the hunter or is triggered
3 with the aid of a mechanical device.
4 [(ii)] (2) A crossbow. <--
5 [(II)] (2) A CROSSBOW[.] SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING <--
6 RESTRICTIONS:
7 (I) WHEN HUNTING DEER, BEAR OR TURKEY, THE CROSSBOW
8 MUST HAVE A DRAW WEIGHT OF NOT LESS THAN 125 POUNDS NOR
9 MORE THAN 200 POUNDS.
10 (II) THE ARROWS FOR THE CROSSBOW MUST BE TIPPED WITH
11 A BROADHEAD OF NOT LESS THAN SEVEN-EIGHTHS OF AN INCH
12 WIDE AND HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO NONMOVING, EXPOSED CUTTING
13 EDGES.
14 [(2) The bow and arrow, crossbow or other device must be
15 approved by the director.]
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
18 IMMEDIATELY. <--
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