PRINTER'S NO. 172
No. 160 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY W. W. FOSTER, NOYE, LEVI, DIETZ, KLINGAMAN,
LETTERMAN, STEIGHNER, WACHOB, SCHEAFFER, HASAY AND WENGER,
FEBRUARY 6, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 7, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 12, 1959 (P.L.1779, No.673),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act relating to fish, frogs,
3 tadpoles and turtles; and amending, revising, consolidating
4 and changing the law relating to fish in the inland waters
5 and the boundary lakes and boundary rivers of the
6 Commonwealth," clarifying the references in the act relating
7 to the application of penalties dealing with fishing
8 licenses.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 228, act of December 12, 1959 (P.L.1779,
12 No.673), known as "The Fish Law of 1959," is amended to read:
13 Section 228. Penalty; Revocation of Licenses; Period of
14 Revocation.--Any person violating any provisions of this
15 [article] chapter shall, on conviction in the manner provided in
16 chapter 14 of this act, be sentenced for each offense to pay a
17 fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). It shall be unlawful for
18 any person to obtain or use a fishing license during the period
19 for which his license was revoked, and any person violating this
20 provision shall be subject to the penalty provided in this
1 section. In addition to any penalty provided for any violation
2 of this [act] chapter, the fishing license of any person
3 convicted or signing an acknowledgment, as hereinafter provided,
4 shall be void, and the license shall be surrendered by such
5 person and immediately sent by the court making the conviction
6 or the officer taking the acknowledgment to the Commission at
7 Harrisburg. In such cases, and in cases where a person has been
8 convicted of a violation of this [act] chapter, who does not
9 possess a fishing license, the Commission shall notify him of
10 the time during which he shall not be eligible to possess a
11 fishing license, and during which period he may not apply for
12 such a license but no such period shall exceed three years.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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