PRINTER'S NO. 2317
No. 1527 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY McILHINNEY AND FUMO, AUGUST 4, 2008
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, AUGUST 4, 2008
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for resident license and fee 3 exemptions and for license costs and fees. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Sections 2706(f)(1) and (g)(1) and 2709(a) of 7 Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended 8 to read: 9 § 2706. Resident license and fee exemptions. 10 * * * 11 (f) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses.-- 12 (1) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses shall 13 be issued by the commission or county treasurer to any person 14 otherwise eligible for a resident hunting license in this 15 Commonwealth who provides documentation that within the 16 previous 24 months the person was deployed overseas as a 17 member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard or Air 18 National Guard on active Federal service for a period of
1 [180] 60 consecutive days or more or was released early from 2 such service because of an injury or disease incurred in the 3 line of duty. Only one Pennsylvania National Guard hunting 4 license under this subsection may be issued for each 5 qualifying deployment of a person applying for the license. 6 * * * 7 (g) Reserve component of armed forces hunting licenses.-- 8 (1) Reserve component of the armed forces hunting 9 licenses shall be issued by the commission or county 10 treasurer to any person otherwise eligible for a resident 11 hunting license in this Commonwealth who provides 12 documentation that within the previous 24 months the person 13 was deployed overseas as a member of the reserve component of 14 the armed forces pursuant to 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301 (relating to 15 definitions) for a period of [180] 60 consecutive days or 16 more or was released early from service because of an injury 17 or disease incurred in the line of duty. Only one hunting 18 license under this subsection may be issued for each 19 qualifying deployment of a person applying for the license. 20 * * * 21 § 2709. License costs and fees. 22 (a) License costs.--Any person who qualifies under the 23 provisions of this chapter shall be issued the applicable 24 license upon payment of the following costs and the issuing 25 agent's fee: 26 (1) (i) Junior resident hunting - $5. 27 (ii) Junior resident combination hunting and 28 furtaker - $8. 29 (2) (i) Adult resident hunting - $19 for the period 30 ending before July 1, 2009. 20080S1527B2317 - 2 -
1 (ii) Adult resident hunting - $25 for the period 2 beginning after June 30, 2009, and ending before July 1, 3 2012. 4 (iii) Adult resident hunting - $30 for the period 5 beginning after June 30, 2012, and ending before July 1, 6 2015. 7 (iv) Adult resident hunting - $35 for the period 8 beginning after June 30, 2015, and thereafter. 9 [(ii)] (v) Resident military personnel hunting - $1. 10 [(iii)] (vi) Former prisoner of war hunting - $1. 11 [(iv)] (vii) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting - 12 $1. 13 [(v)] (viii) Reserve component of the armed forces 14 hunting - $1. 15 (3) (i) Senior resident hunting - $12. 16 (ii) Senior lifetime resident hunting - $50. 17 (iii) Senior lifetime resident combination hunting 18 and furtaker - $100. 19 (4) Bear hunting: 20 (i) Resident - $15. 21 (ii) Nonresident - $35. 22 (5) Antlerless deer: 23 (i) Resident, including resident military, resident 24 disabled veteran and landowner - $5 for the period ending 25 before July 1, 2009. 26 (ii) Resident, including military, resident disabled 27 veteran and landowner - $12 for the period beginning 28 after June 30, 2009 and ending before July 1, 2015. 29 (iii) Resident, including resident military, 30 resident disabled veteran and landowner - $15 for the 20080S1527B2317 - 3 -
1 period beginning after June 30, 2015, and thereafter. 2 [(ii)] (iv) Nonresident - $25. 3 (6) Archery deer: 4 (i) Resident - $15. 5 (ii) Nonresident - $25. 6 (7) Muzzleloader deer: 7 (i) Resident - $10. 8 (ii) Nonresident - $20. 9 (8) (Reserved). 10 (9) Adult nonresident hunting - [$100] $150. 11 (10) (i) Junior nonresident hunting - [$40] $5. 12 (ii) Junior nonresident combination hunting and 13 furtaker - [$50] $8. 14 (11) Seven-day nonresident small game - $30. 15 (12) Junior resident furtakers - $5. 16 (13) Adult resident furtakers - $19. 17 (14) (i) Senior resident furtakers - $12. 18 (ii) Senior lifetime resident furtaker - $50. 19 (15) Adult nonresident furtaker - $80. 20 (16) Junior nonresident furtaker - $40. 21 (17) Resident disabled veteran hunting or furtaker under 22 section 2706(b) (relating to disabled veterans) - no cost. 23 (18) Replacement license - $5. Antlerless deer and bear 24 licenses shall be replaced by the original issuing agent 25 only. 26 (19) Owners or possessors of land open to public hunting 27 under section 2706(d) (relating to owners or possessors of 28 land open to public hunting) - $3. 29 (20) Migratory game bird hunting license: 30 (i) Resident - [$2] $5. 20080S1527B2317 - 4 -
1 (ii) Nonresident - $5. 2 (21) Elk hunting license: 3 (i) Resident - $25. 4 (ii) Nonresident - $250. 5 (22) Special wild turkey license: 6 (i) Resident - $20. 7 (ii) Nonresident - $40. 8 * * * 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect as follows: 10 (1) The amendment of 34 Pa.C.S. § 2709(a)(9), (10) and 11 (20) shall take effect July 1, 2009. 12 (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect 13 immediately. F17L34JS/20080S1527B2317 - 5 -