SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1236, 1640, 1866 PRINTER'S NO. 2103
No. 1077 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY STABACK, VEON, DeWEESE, ARMSTRONG, BARRAR, BEBKO-
JONES, BELARDI, YOUNGBLOOD, BIANCUCCI, BISHOP, BLACKWELL,
BLAUM, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CURRY, DeLUCA, EACHUS,
FRANKEL, GEIST, GERGELY, WANSACZ, MUNDY, HARHAI, JAMES,
KENNEY, LEDERER, YEWCIC, McCALL, MELIO, PALLONE, PISTELLA,
RAMALEY, READSHAW, BROWNE, BUXTON, CAPPELLI, COSTA, DALEY,
DERMODY, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HANNA,
HASAY, JOSEPHS, KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, THOMAS,
PHILLIPS, PRESTON, RAYMOND, ROONEY, WASHINGTON, SCAVELLO,
SHAPIRO, SAINATO, STURLA, WOJNAROSKI, SURRA, SAYLOR, SHANER,
SOLOBAY, STETLER, WALKO, E. Z. TAYLOR, CIVERA, WRIGHT AND
HABAY, MARCH 23, 2005
SENATOR CONTI, GAME AND FISHERIES, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 7, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for license fee for deployed Pennsylvania
3 National Guard members.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 2707.1. Deployed Pennsylvania National Guard members.
9 (a) Eligibility.--The commission or a county treasurer shall
10 issue one annual resident fishing license at a cost of $1 to a <--
11 member of the Pennsylvania National Guard when:
12 (1) The member is eligible for a resident fishing
1 license under section 2701 (relating to resident fishing
2 licenses).
3 (2) The member has served on active Federal service and
4 was deployed overseas for a period of 180 consecutive days or
5 more, including a member released early from such service
6 because of an injury or disease incurred in the line of duty.
7 (3) The member presents documentation showing the dates
8 of active Federal service and deployment.
9 (b) Time.--A member eligible for a resident fishing license
10 under this section may apply for and receive one such license
11 for any license year beginning on the date of the member's
12 release from active Federal service and ending 24 months
13 thereafter.
14 (c) Limitation.--A member eligible for a resident fishing
15 license under this section shall be issued only one such annual
16 license per qualifying deployment. ANY PERSON ELIGIBLE UNDER <--
17 SECTION 2701 (RELATING TO RESIDENT FISHING LICENSES) FOR THE
18 LICENSE WHO PROVIDES DOCUMENTATION THAT WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 24
19 MONTHS THE PERSON WAS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS AS A MEMBER OF THE
20 PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR AIR NATIONAL GUARD ON ACTIVE
21 FEDERAL SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF 180 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR MORE OR
22 WAS RELEASED EARLY FROM SUCH SERVICE BECAUSE OF AN INJURY OR
23 DISEASE INCURRED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. ONLY ONE PENNSYLVANIA
24 NATIONAL GUARD FISHING LICENSE UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE ISSUED
25 FOR EACH QUALIFYING DEPLOYMENT OF A PERSON APPLYING FOR THE
26 LICENSE.
27 (d) (B) Regulations.--The commission may promulgate <--
28 regulations to implement this section.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
30 IMMEDIATELY. <--
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