PRINTER'S NO. 1931
No. 1587 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, CALTAGIRONE, FEESE,
FICHTER, GEIST, GEORGE, HENNESSEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN,
MANDERINO, ROBERTS, SAINATO, SEYFERT, STABACK, SURRA,
WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD AND HORSEY, JUNE 8, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JUNE 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for hunting on Sunday.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 2303 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 2303. Hunting on Sunday prohibited.
8 (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this
9 title, it is unlawful for any person to hunt for any furbearer
10 or game on Sunday.
11 (b) Construction of section.--This section shall not be
12 construed to prohibit:
13 (1) The training of dogs.
14 (2) The participation in dog trials as provided for in
15 this title.
16 (3) The removal of lawfully taken game or wildlife from
17 traps or the resetting of the traps on Sunday.
1 (b.1) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
2 (1) The hunting of foxes.
3 (2) The hunting of coyotes.
4 (3) Any hunting which occurs on noncommercial regulated
5 hunting grounds holding a valid permit under section
6 2928(b)(2) (relating to regulated hunting grounds permits).
7 (4) The hunting of woodchucks.
8 (c) Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
9 offense of the fifth degree.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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