PRINTER'S NO. 2246
No. 1841 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY LETTERMAN, RENWICK, ARTHURS, O'KEEFE, F. TAYLOR,
CASSIDY, MILLIRON, D. R. WRIGHT, GARZIA, STUBAN, ARMSTRONG,
STEWART, BITTINGER, WISE, LINCOLN, GRIECO, CIMINI, NOYE,
HASKELL AND WILT, NOVEMBER 2, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, NOVEMBER 2, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), entitled
2 "An act concerning game and other wild birds and wild
3 animals; and amending, revising, consolidating, and changing
4 the law relating thereto," further providing for nonresident
5 license fees.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 303, act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225,
9 No.316), known as "The Game Law," amended October 21, 1975
10 (P.L.431, No.122), is amended to read:
11 Section 303. Nonresident Hunting License Fees.--Every
12 nonresident of this Commonwealth, upon application made, in
13 writing, to any agent authorized to issue such licenses, or to
14 the commission, unless any such person has been disqualified for
15 a license in the manner hereinafter specified, and upon payment
16 to said agent or commission of [forty dollars and thirty-five
17 cents ($40.35)] fifty dollars and fifty cents ($50.50) shall be
18 entitled to the license herein designated as a Nonresident
1 Hunter's License and a tag with the number of the license
2 thereon, which shall entitle the holder to hunt for all wild
3 birds and wild animals which may legally be hunted in this
4 Commonwealth, until the close of the license year. Other
5 licenses valid for use by nonresidents shall be as follows:
6 Nonresident trapper's license which shall be issued only upon
7 application to the Commission in Harrisburg and which shall be
8 effective for the same period as hunters' licenses shall entitle
9 the holder to take through the use of traps or deadfalls only
10 wild birds and wild animals which may legally be trapped in this
11 Commonwealth, except beavers, [forty dollars ($40)] one hundred
12 dollars ($100). Nothing in this clause shall be construed to
13 prohibit the holder of a nonresident trapper's license from
14 using a sidearm or a rifle not larger than a .22 rimfire caliber
15 to kill legally caught birds and animals.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 1978.
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