PRINTER'S NO. 2352

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1895 Session of 1979


        INTRODUCED BY GRABOWSKI, OCTOBER 23, 1979

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, OCTOBER 23, 1979

                                     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," requiring a certificate of
     5     competency for certain hunters.

     6     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     7  hereby enacts as follows:
     8     Section 1.  Subsection (a) of section 301.1, act of June 3,
     9  1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), known as "The Game Law, added March 28,
    10  1968 (P.L.75, No.30), is amended to read:
    11     Section 301.1.  [Licenses for Persons Under Sixteen]
    12  Certificate of Competency.--(a)  No hunting license shall be
    13  issued to any person [under the age of sixteen years] unless he
    14  presents to the person authorized to issue such license either
    15  (i) evidence that he has held a hunting license issued by the
    16  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or another state in a prior year
    17  and that he was born after September 1, 1969, or (ii) a
    18  certificate of competency as provided in this section.
    19     * * *

     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect September 1, 1981.




















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