PRINTER'S NO. 1383
No. 1171 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY LETTERMAN, DeWEESE, DIETZ, GODSHALL, STABACK,
CIMINI, DISTLER, PHILLIPS, GRUPPO, GRUITZA AND CARLSON,
MAY 13, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MAY 13, 1985
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 licenses for
5 disabled veterans.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 302 of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225,
9 No.316), known as The Game Law, amended July 20, 1983 (P.L.55,
10 No.28), is amended to read:
11 Section 302. Resident License Fees.--(a) Each such resident
12 as defined in sections 101 and 301, upon application made, in
13 writing, to an agent authorized to issue such licenses within
14 the Commonwealth, and upon presentation of proof by the
15 applicant that he or she is a resident of this Commonwealth as
16 previously defined in this act by producing a current
17 Pennsylvania motor vehicle registration card, or tax receipts
18 evidencing payment of State income tax, earned income tax or
19 other local taxes pursuant to the act of December 31, 1965
1 (P.L.1257, No.511), known as "The Local Tax Enabling Act," or
2 some other positive means of verifying residency, and the
3 establishment of his or her identity to the satisfaction of the
4 authority issuing the license, unless any such person has been
5 disqualified for a license in the manner hereinafter specified,
6 and the payment to said agent or the commission of eight dollars
7 and fifty cents ($8.50) except as hereinafter provided for
8 certain minors and older persons, shall be entitled to a
9 resident hunter's license and a tag with the number of the
10 license thereon, which shall entitle the holder to hunt or trap
11 for all wild birds and wild animals which may legally be hunted
12 or trapped in this Commonwealth. Residents with the above
13 qualifications, who are between the ages of twelve and sixteen
14 inclusive at the time of application or who are or will be
15 sixty-five years of age or more [at the time] in the year of
16 application, shall be entitled to a resident hunter's license
17 and tag upon payment to said agent or the commission of, in the
18 case of persons sixty-five years of age or more, five dollars
19 and fifty cents ($5.50) and, in the case of persons between the
20 ages of twelve and sixteen, five dollars and fifty cents
21 ($5.50). The application for the issuance of a license in such
22 cases shall, in addition to the other information required, give
23 the date of birth of the applicant.
24 (b) (1) Any resident disabled veteran of any war [whose
25 disability consists of the loss of one or more limbs or the loss
26 of the use of one or more limbs, or who presents a physician's
27 certificate of total or one hundred per cent disability,] who
28 has a disability described in clause (2) and who meets the above
29 qualifications shall be issued such license upon application to
30 any county treasurer without the payment of the above license
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1 fee or with the payment of a reduced fee provided for the use of
2 the Commonwealth.
3 (2) (i) Any veteran whose disability consists of the loss
4 of one or more limbs, or the loss of use of one or more limbs,
5 or who is one hundred per cent disabled as certified by the
6 Veterans' Administration, shall be entitled to a free resident
7 hunting license.
8 (ii) Any veteran not described in subclause (i) who is
9 ninety per cent or more disabled as certified by the Veterans'
10 Administration shall be entitled to a resident hunting license
11 upon payment of one-quarter of the license fee in subsection
12 (a).
13 (iii) Any veteran not described in subclause (i) or (ii) who
14 is seventy per cent or more disabled as certified by the
15 Veterans' Administration shall be entitled to a resident hunting
16 license upon payment of one-half of the license fee in
17 subsection (a).
18 (3) The application for the issuance of a license in such
19 case shall in addition to the other information required,
20 contain a statement that the applicant is a war veteran and that
21 his disability was service incurred. The county treasurer may
22 likewise require of such applicant the production of such
23 applicant's discharge papers.
24 (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or attempt
25 to sell any resident hunting license for a monetary fee in
26 excess of the fees fixed pursuant to the provisions of this
27 section. The sale or attempted sale of each license shall
28 constitute a separate offense.
29 Section 2. This act applies to the license year beginning
30 September 1, 1985, and each year thereafter.
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1 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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