PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2246, 2687 PRINTER'S NO. 3133
No. 1841 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. 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
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 19, 1978
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 AND license fees AND INCREASING CERTAIN PENALTIES. <--
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 303, SECTIONS 303 AND 610, act of June 3, <--
9 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), known as "The Game Law," SECTION 303 <--
10 amended October 21, 1975 (P.L.431, No.122), is ARE amended to <--
11 read:
12 Section 303. Nonresident Hunting License Fees.--Every
13 nonresident of this Commonwealth, upon application made, in
14 writing, to any agent authorized to issue such licenses, or to
15 the commission, unless any such person has been disqualified for
16 a license in the manner hereinafter specified, OR IS A RESIDENT <--
17 OF A STATE WHICH DOES NOT ISSUE LIKE LICENSES TO RESIDENTS OF
18 THIS COMMONWEALTH, and upon payment to said agent or commission
1 of [forty dollars and thirty-five cents ($40.35)] FIFTY DOLLARS <--
2 AND FIFTY CENTS ($50.50) FOR THE LICENSE YEAR BEGINNING IN 1978
3 AND sixty dollars and fifty cents ($60.50) FOR THE LICENSE YEAR <--
4 BEGINNING IN 1979 AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER shall be entitled to
5 the license herein designated as a Nonresident Hunter's License
6 and a tag with the number of the license thereon, which shall
7 entitle the holder to hunt for all wild birds and wild animals
8 which may legally be hunted in this Commonwealth, until the
9 close of the license year. Other licenses valid for use by
10 nonresidents shall be as follows:
11 Nonresident trapper's license which shall be issued only upon
12 application to the Commission in Harrisburg and which shall be
13 effective for the same period as hunters' licenses shall entitle
14 the holder to take through the use of traps or deadfalls only
15 wild birds and wild animals which may legally be trapped in this
16 Commonwealth, except beavers, [forty dollars ($40)] one hundred <--
17 dollars ($100) THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($350). Nothing in <--
18 this clause shall be construed to prohibit the holder of a
19 nonresident trapper's license from using a sidearm or a rifle
20 not larger than a .22 rimfire caliber to kill legally caught
21 birds and animals.
22 SECTION 610. PENALTIES.--ANY PERSON KILLING OR CAPTURING, OR <--
23 POSSESSING, OR ATTEMPTING TO KILL OR CAPTURE, ANY BEAVER OR
24 OTTER, OR DESTROYING OR DISTURBING OR INTERFERING WITH BEAVER OR
25 OTTER DAMS OR HOUSES OR DENS, OR KILLING, CAPTURING, POSSESSING
26 OR DISPOSING OF ANY BEAVER, CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
27 ARTICLE OR THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSION, SHALL, UPON
28 CONVICTION, BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF [FIFTY] TWO HUNDRED
29 DOLLARS AND COSTS OF PROSECUTION FOR EACH OFFENSE.
30 ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY RULE OR REGULATION OF THE COMMISSION
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1 RELATIVE TO THE TAKING OF FUR-BEARING ANIMALS NOT COVERED IN THE
2 PRECEDING PARAGRAPH, OR STEALING THE TRAPS OF ANOTHER, OR
3 DISTURBING THE TRAPS OF ANOTHER, OR REMOVING A FUR-BEARING
4 ANIMAL, OR RACCOON OR PREDATOR FROM THE TRAPS OF ANOTHER,
5 WITHOUT SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FROM THE OWNER, SHALL, UPON
6 CONVICTION, BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF [TWENTY-FIVE] TWO
7 HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE.
8 ANY PERSON VIOLATING ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE,
9 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE
10 SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF TEN DOLLARS AND COSTS OF PROSECUTION
11 FOR EACH OFFENSE.
12 UPON FAILURE OF ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF A FIRST OFFENSE TO
13 IMMEDIATELY PAY THE FINE IMPOSED AND COSTS OF PROSECUTION, HE
14 SHALL BE IMPRISONED ONE DAY FOR EACH DOLLAR OF FINE IMPOSED AND
15 COSTS OF PROSECUTION.
16 ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE SHALL
17 BE LIABLE TO THE FINES ABOVE PROVIDED AND COSTS OF PROSECUTION,
18 AND, IN ADDITION THERETO, SHALL, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT,
19 SUFFER IMPRISONMENT ONE DAY FOR EACH DOLLAR OF FINE IMPOSED.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 1978.
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