PRINTER'S NO. 536
No. 472 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY TULLI, NAILOR, FARGO, HENNESSEY, BELARDI, COY,
BUNT, GEIST, NICKOL, EGOLF, McCALL, ARGALL, FEESE,
YOUNGBLOOD, PETRARCA, READSHAW, HALUSKA, MUNDY, MICHLOVIC,
SHANER, ROBERTS, FICHTER, STABACK, McGEEHAN, ITKIN, RUBLEY,
SURRA, GIGLIOTTI, STEELMAN AND PETRONE, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring fish bait dealer licensees to retail fish
3 bait in biodegradable containers.
4 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has an inherent right as a
5 sovereign State and a constitutional duty to prevent the
6 degradation of its lakes and waterways by pollution and litter.
7 Discarded fish bait containers are a major part of the offensive
8 and potentially polluting litter found along the lakes and
9 waterways of this Commonwealth. The use of biodegradable fish
10 bait containers would have a major impact on the amount of
11 potentially polluting litter found in this Commonwealth.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Section 3309 of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania
15 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
16 § 3309. Live bait fish, live fish bait and live fish dealers
17 licenses.
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2 (f) Biodegradable containers.--On and after January 1, 1998,
3 all fish bait dealer licensees shall only retail fish bait in
4 biodegradable containers of a type approved by the commission.
5 Each sale by a licensee in violation of this subsection shall
6 constitute a separate offense. A violation of this subsection is
7 a summary offense of the first degree.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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