PRINTER'S NO. 1713
No. 1256 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY REGOLA, ROBBINS, McILHINNEY, FONTANA, ARMSTRONG,
BAKER, BOSCOLA, BRUBAKER, CORMAN, EARLL, ERICKSON, FERLO,
GORDNER, GREENLEAF, KASUNIC, LOGAN, MADIGAN, O'PAKE, ORIE,
PIPPY, PUNT, RAFFERTY, SCARNATI, TARTAGLIONE, TOMLINSON,
WASHINGTON, WAUGH, M. WHITE, WONDERLING AND WOZNIAK,
JANUARY 29, 2008
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, JANUARY 29, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for resident license and fee
3 exemptions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2706(e), (f) and (g) of Title 34 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 2706. Resident license and fee exemptions.
9 * * *
10 (e) Military personnel hunting licenses.--Resident military
11 personnel hunting licenses shall be issued by the commission
12 [or], county treasurer or authorized license-issuing agent to
13 persons who satisfy all of the following requirements:
14 (1) Are residents of this Commonwealth.
15 (2) Are on active and full-time duty in the United
16 States Armed Forces.
1 (3) Are assigned to a facility outside this
2 Commonwealth.
3 (4) Are on temporary leave in this Commonwealth.
4 Such persons shall comply with the regulations of the
5 commission.
6 (f) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses.--
7 (1) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses shall
8 be issued by the commission [or], county treasurer or
9 authorized license-issuing agent to any person otherwise
10 eligible for a resident hunting license in this Commonwealth
11 who provides documentation that within the previous 24 months
12 the person was deployed overseas as a member of the
13 Pennsylvania Army National Guard or Air National Guard on
14 active Federal service for a period of 180 consecutive days
15 or more or was released early from such service because of an
16 injury or disease incurred in the line of duty. Only one
17 Pennsylvania National Guard hunting license under this
18 subsection may be issued for each qualifying deployment of a
19 person applying for the license.
20 (2) The commission may promulgate regulations to
21 implement this subsection.
22 (g) Reserve component of armed forces hunting licenses.--
23 (1) Reserve component of the armed forces hunting
24 licenses shall be issued by the commission [or], county
25 treasurer or authorized license-issuing agent to any person
26 otherwise eligible for a resident hunting license in this
27 Commonwealth who provides documentation that within the
28 previous 24 months the person was deployed overseas as a
29 member of the reserve component of the armed forces pursuant
30 to 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301 (relating to definitions) for a period
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1 of 180 consecutive days or more or was released early from
2 service because of an injury or disease incurred in the line
3 of duty. Only one hunting license under this subsection may
4 be issued for each qualifying deployment of a person applying
5 for the license.
6 (2) The commission may promulgate regulations to
7 implement this subsection.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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