PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1972 PRINTER'S NO. 2131
No. 1704 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY LEVDANSKY, KASUNIC, FEE, PHILLIPS, JAROLIN,
GRUITZA, STABACK, SURRA AND GODSHALL, MAY 26, 1993
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 15, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for protective material required.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 2524 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 2524. Protective material required.
8 [(a) General rule.--Unless further restricted by regulations
9 of the commission, every person hunting for or assisting to hunt
10 for deer, bear or woodchucks shall wear either a minimum of 250
11 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange-colored material on
12 the back and front combined or, in lieu thereof, a hat of the
13 same color material. The material shall be worn so it is visible
14 in a 360-degree arc. Unless otherwise specified by regulations
15 of the commission, the provision of this section shall not apply
16 to any season for using muzzle-loading firearms only or season
17 for using bows and arrows only.]
1 (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (a.1),
2 every person hunting for or assisting to hunt for big game or
3 small game shall wear a minimum of 250 square inches of daylight
4 fluorescent orange-colored material on the back and front
5 combined. The material shall be worn so it is visible in a 360-
6 degree arc.
7 (a.1) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall
8 not apply to any season for:
9 (1) Using muzzle-loading firearms only.
10 (2) Hunting wild turkey, wherein every person hunting
11 for or assisting to hunt for wild turkeys shall wear a
12 minimum of 100 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange-
13 colored material on the back and front combined or a hat of
14 the same color material. This material shall be worn only
15 while moving to or from calling or hunting position, not
16 while positioned and calling. The material shall be worn so
17 it is visible in a 360-degree arc.
18 (3) Archery hunting only, except when archery season
19 overlaps with small game season. During the overlap season,
20 an archery hunter shall wear a minimum of 100 square inches
21 of daylight fluorescent orange-colored material on the back
22 and front combined or a hat of the same color material. This
23 material shall be worn only while the hunter is moving. The
24 material shall be worn so it is visible in a 360-degree arc.
25 (4) Migratory waterfowl.
26 (b) Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
27 offense of the fifth degree.
28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
29 SECTION 2. SECTIONS 141.41(2), 141.43(3) AND 141.45(4) OF 58 <--
30 PA. CODE ARE HEREBY RESCINDED.
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1 SECTION 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
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