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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 891

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 770 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, BASTIAN, BELFANTI, CAPPELLI, CLYMER,
           CUTLER, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE,
           HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, KOTIK, MANN, MARSICO, MOUL, MYERS,
           PALLONE, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO,
           SIPTROTH, SONNEY, R. STEVENSON, STURLA, VULAKOVICH, WALKO,
           WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, FABRIZIO, HORNAMAN,
           GOODMAN AND MURT, MARCH 19, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 19, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for license costs and fees.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Section 2709(a) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
     6  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     7  § 2709.  License costs and fees.
     8     (a)  License costs.--Any person who qualifies under the
     9  provisions of this chapter shall be issued the applicable
    10  license upon payment of the following costs and the issuing
    11  agent's fee:
    12         (1)  (i)  Junior resident hunting - $5.
    13             (ii)  Junior resident combination hunting and
    14         furtaker - $8.
    15         (2)  (i)  Adult resident hunting - $19.


     1             (ii)  Resident military personnel hunting - $1.
     2             (iii)  Former prisoner of war hunting - $1.
     3             (iv)  Pennsylvania National Guard hunting - $1.
     4             (v)  Reserve component of the armed forces hunting -
     5         $1.
     6             (vi)  Veterans of the Persian Gulf War or the War on
     7         Terrorism - $10.
     8         (3)  (i)  Senior resident hunting - $12.
     9             (ii)  Senior lifetime resident hunting - $50.
    10             (iii)  Senior lifetime resident combination hunting
    11         and furtaker - $100.
    12         (4)  Bear hunting:
    13             (i)  Resident - $15.
    14             (ii)  Nonresident - $35.
    15         (5)  Antlerless deer:
    16             (i)  Resident, including resident military, resident
    17         disabled veteran and landowner - $5.
    18             (ii)  Nonresident - $25.
    19         (6)  Archery deer:
    20             (i)  Resident - $15.
    21             (ii)  Nonresident - $25.
    22         (7)  Muzzleloader deer:
    23             (i)  Resident - $10.
    24             (ii)  Nonresident - $20.
    25         (8)  (Reserved).
    26         (9)  Adult nonresident hunting - $100.
    27         (10)  (i)  Junior nonresident hunting - $40.
    28             (ii)  Junior nonresident combination hunting and
    29         furtaker - $50.
    30         (11)  Seven-day nonresident small game - $30.
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     1         (12)  Junior resident furtakers - $5.
     2         (13)  Adult resident furtakers - $19.
     3         (14)  (i)  Senior resident furtakers - $12.
     4             (ii)  Senior lifetime resident furtaker - $50.
     5         (15)  Adult nonresident furtaker - $80.
     6         (16)  Junior nonresident furtaker - $40.
     7         (17)  Resident disabled veteran hunting or furtaker under
     8     section 2706(b) (relating to disabled veterans) - no cost.
     9         (18)  Replacement license - $5. Antlerless deer and bear
    10     licenses shall be replaced by the original issuing agent
    11     only.
    12         (19)  Owners or possessors of land open to public hunting
    13     under section 2706(d) (relating to owners or possessors of
    14     land open to public hunting) - $3.
    15         (20)  Migratory game bird hunting license:
    16             (i)  Resident - $2.
    17             (ii)  Nonresident - $5.
    18         (21)  Elk hunting license:
    19             (i)  Resident - $25.
    20             (ii)  Nonresident - $250.
    21         (22)  Special wild turkey license:
    22             (i)  Resident - $20.
    23             (ii)  Nonresident - $40.
    24         * * *
    25     Section 2.  This act shall apply to the license year
    26  beginning on July 1, 2007, and to each license year thereafter.
    27     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007, or
    28  immediately, whichever is later.


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