THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, CUTLER, DALEY, GERGELY, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, HALUSKA, HOUGHTON, MURPHY, SIPTROTH, SWANGER AND VULAKOVICH, APRIL 21, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 21, 2010  

AN ACT

Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for possession and display of

licenses.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2703(a) of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2703.  Possession and display of licenses.

(a)  General rule.--No person 16 years of age or older shall

fish in any of the waters of this Commonwealth or in any

boundary waters without first procuring the proper license

required by this chapter. The license shall be kept about the

person while fishing and shown upon the request of any waterways

conservation officer or other officer designated by the

commission. In addition to showing the license to the officer,

the holder thereof shall, upon demand, establish his further

identity to the satisfaction of the officer by producing some

other positive means of identification. The commission may

promulgate rules and regulations for the displaying of the

license certificate, license button or other device, as it deems

necessary, but may not require the display of a license

certificate on a hat or outer garment while fishing.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.