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PRINTER'S NO. 1531
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1263
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HARKINS, SCHWEYER, READSHAW, McNEILL, SONNEY,
V. BROWN, ZIMMERMAN, WARD, MURT, GOODMAN, DeLUCA, D. COSTA,
DEASY, FARRY, MATZIE, GILLEN AND CONKLIN, APRIL 24, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 24, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further
providing for resident license and fee exemptions and for
license costs and fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2706(b)(1) and 2709(a)(4), (5), (6),
(7), (20), (21) and (22) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2706. Resident license and fee exemptions.
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(b) Disabled veterans.--
(1) Any resident disabled veteran who has a disability
incurred in any war or armed conflict which consists of the
loss of one or more limbs, or the loss of the use of one or
more limbs, or who is 100% disabled as certified by the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and who meets
all other qualifications of this title and is otherwise
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mentally and physically fit, shall [be issued a free regular
hunting or furtaking license], upon application to the
commission or a county treasurer[.], be issued any of the
following licenses without cost:
(i) Regular hunting.
(ii) Regular furtaking.
(iii) Antlerless deer.
(iv) Bear.
(v) Archery.
(vi) Muzzleloader.
(vii) Migratory game bird.
(viii) Elk.
(ix) Special wild turkey.
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§ 2709. License costs and fees.
(a) License costs.--Any person who qualifies under the
provisions of this chapter shall be issued the applicable
license upon payment of the following costs and the issuing
agent's fee:
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(4) Bear hunting:
(i) Resident - $15.
(ii) Nonresident - $35.
(iii) Resident disabled veteran - no cost.
(5) Antlerless deer:
(i) Resident, including resident military[, resident
disabled veteran] and landowner - $5.
(ii) Nonresident - $25.
(iii) Resident disabled veteran - no cost.
(6) Archery deer:
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(i) Resident - $15.
(ii) Nonresident - $25.
(iii) Resident disabled veteran - no cost.
(7) Muzzleloader deer:
(i) Resident - $10.
(ii) Nonresident - $20.
(iii) Resident disabled veteran - no cost.
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(20) Migratory game bird hunting license:
(i) Resident - $2.
(ii) Nonresident - $5.
(iii) Resident disabled veteran - no cost.
(21) Elk hunting license:
(i) Resident - $25.
(ii) Nonresident - $250.
(iii) Resident disabled veteran - no cost.
(22) Special wild turkey license:
(i) Resident - $20.
(ii) Nonresident - $40.
(iii) Resident disabled veteran - no cost.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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