PRINTER'S NO. 848

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 778 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY DISTLER, BOWSER, HALUSKA, CARLSON, BUNT, RITTER,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, NOYE, KENNEY, BOYES, CAWLEY, GEIST, JADLOWIEC,
           JOHNSON, PETRONE, SEMMEL, BUSH, MERRY, BOOK, STABACK, REBER,
           GLADECK, WASS, BELARDI, FOX, McVERRY, MILLER, TRELLO,
           ROBBINS, MRKONIC, ITKIN, FISCHER, KASUNIC, SAURMAN AND
           HERMAN, MARCH 11, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 11, 1987

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for licenses for senior citizens.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Section 2701(b) of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania
     6  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     7  § 2701.  Resident fishing licenses.
     8     * * *
     9     (b)  Senior citizens.--A person who is or will be 65 years of
    10  age or older [at the time] in the year of application who
    11  complies with subsection (a)(1) and (2) is entitled to a "Senior
    12  Resident Fishing License" if he pays a license fee of $2 to the
    13  issuing agent or the commission plus a service fee of 50¢ to the
    14  issuing agent. The application shall give the date of birth of
    15  the applicant. Any person who qualifies to purchase a Senior
    16  Resident Fishing License may, in lieu thereof, purchase a Senior

     1  Resident Fishing License which shall be valid for his lifetime
     2  upon the payment of a fee of $10 for the use of the Commonwealth
     3  and, in the event the license is issued by an issuing agent, a
     4  fee of 50¢ for the use of the issuing agent.
     5     Section 2.  This act shall apply to the license year
     6  beginning January 1, 1988, and each year thereafter.
     7     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
















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