PRINTER'S NO. 2721
No. 2097 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY RENWICK, DeMEDIO AND LAUDADIO, FEBRUARY 4, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 4, 1976
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 the issuance
5 of antlerless deer licenses to the spouses of resident Armed
6 Forces personnel.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The first paragraph of subsection (c) of section
10 501, act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), known as "The Game
11 Law," amended June 27, 1973 (P.L.83, No.36), is amended to
12 read:
13 Section 501. Open Seasons.--* * *
14 (c) Resident, Nonresident, and Alien Hunters' Licenses and
15 Tags for Antlerless Deer.--If in any year the commission, by
16 resolution, declares an open season for antlerless deer, it
17 shall issue resident, nonresident and alien hunters' licenses
18 and tags for antlerless deer to hunt for or kill such deer, at a
19 fee of two dollars thirty-five cents for the hunting license
20 year beginning September 1, 1973 and three dollars thirty-five
1 cents for the hunting license years beginning September 1, 1974
2 and thereafter under such rules and regulations governing the
3 issuance of such licenses and tags as it may deem necessary to
4 limit the number of persons who may hunt for such deer in any
5 county of the Commonwealth, provided public notice of such
6 action is given as hereinafter required: And provided, however,
7 That no applications, for antlerless deer licenses received from
8 nonresidents and aliens shall be approved or licenses issued in
9 advance of thirty days prior to the opening date of such
10 antlerless deer season. Such licenses and tags shall be issued
11 without restriction or regard to the county residence of the
12 Pennsylvania applicant may be issued only to holders of
13 resident, nonresident, or alien hunting licenses, and such
14 licenses and tags shall not be transferable from one person to
15 another nor shall they be refunded or reissued to anyone.
16 Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulation limiting the
17 number of licenses and tags the commission shall issue resident
18 hunters' licenses and tags for antlerless deer to members and
19 the spouses of such members of Armed Forces who are residents of
20 Pennsylvania and who are on full time active duty, or to
21 residents and the spouses of such residents who were honorably
22 discharged from the Armed Forces within sixty days of the date
23 of the application upon substantial proof of their military
24 status.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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