PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2647 PRINTER'S NO. 3906
No. 1915 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY STABACK, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, BRENNAN,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CARROLL, CAUSER, COHEN, CONKLIN,
CREIGHTON, DALLY, D. EVANS, EVERETT, FRANKEL, FREEMAN,
GEORGE, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARRIS,
HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, JOSEPHS, KAUFFMAN, KORTZ, KOTIK,
KULA, LENTZ, LONGIETTI, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McGEEHAN,
McILHATTAN, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MURT, NAILOR, PETRARCA,
PETRONE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, READSHAW, SCAVELLO,
SHIMKUS, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, R. STEVENSON, SURRA,
J. TAYLOR, WHEATLEY, WOJNAROSKI, ROHRER, HORNAMAN, GIBBONS,
GEIST, DENLINGER, MYERS, SCHRODER AND FABRIZIO,
OCTOBER 16, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 10, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in fishing licenses, further providing for deployed
3 Pennsylvania National Guard members and for reserve component
4 of armed forces members.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 2707.1(a) and 2707.2(a) of Title 30 of
8 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 2707.1. Deployed Pennsylvania National Guard members.
10 (a) Eligibility.--The commission or a county treasurer shall
11 issue one annual resident fishing license at a cost of $1 to any
12 person eligible under section 2701 (relating to resident fishing
13 licenses) for the license who provides documentation that within
1 the previous 24 months the person was deployed overseas as a
2 member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard or Air National
3 Guard on active Federal service for a period of [180] 60
4 consecutive days or more or was released early from such service
5 because of an injury or disease incurred in the line of duty.
6 Only one Pennsylvania National Guard fishing license under this
7 section may be issued for each qualifying deployment of a person
8 applying for the license.
9 * * *
10 § 2707.2. Reserve component of armed forces members.
11 (a) Eligibility.--The commission or a county treasurer shall
12 issue one annual resident fishing license at a cost of $1 to any
13 person eligible for the license under section 2701 (relating to
14 resident fishing licenses) who provides documentation that
15 within the previous 24 months the person was deployed overseas
16 as a member of the reserve component of the armed forces
17 pursuant to 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301 (relating to definitions) for a
18 period of [180] 60 consecutive days or more or was released
19 early from service because of an injury or disease incurred in
20 the line of duty. Only one fishing license under this section
21 may be issued for each qualifying deployment of a person
22 applying for the license.
23 * * *
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days <--
25 IMMEDIATELY. <--
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