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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1714

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1257 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, REGOLA, 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 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for deployed Pennsylvania
     3     National Guard members and for reserve component of armed
     4     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 or
    11  issuing agent shall issue one annual resident fishing license at
    12  a cost of $1 to any person eligible under section 2701 (relating
    13  to resident fishing licenses) for the license who provides
    14  documentation that within the previous 24 months the person was
    15  deployed overseas as a member of the Pennsylvania Army National
    16  Guard or Air National Guard on active Federal service for a
    17  period of 180 consecutive days or more or was released early

     1  from such service because of an injury or disease incurred in
     2  the line of duty. Only one Pennsylvania National Guard fishing
     3  license under this section may be issued for each qualifying
     4  deployment of a person applying for the license.
     5     * * *
     6  § 2707.2.  Reserve component of armed forces members.
     7     (a)  Eligibility.--The commission [or], a county treasurer or
     8  issuing agent shall issue one annual resident fishing license at
     9  a cost of $1 to any person eligible for the license under
    10  section 2701 (relating to resident fishing licenses) who
    11  provides documentation that within the previous 24 months the
    12  person was deployed overseas as a member of the reserve
    13  component of the armed forces pursuant to 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301
    14  (relating to definitions) for a period of 180 consecutive days
    15  or more or was released early from service because of an injury
    16  or disease incurred in the line of duty. Only one fishing
    17  license under this section may be issued for each qualifying
    18  deployment of a person applying for the license.
    19     * * *
    20     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.







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