THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, BOYD, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DALEY, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GODSHALL, GROVE, HAHN, HALUSKA, KORTZ, MALONEY, MILLER, MILNE, MULLERY, PERRY, ROCK, SONNEY AND VULAKOVICH, FEBRUARY 17, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 17, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for unlawful acts concerning

licenses.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2711(a)(1) and (9) and (b)(2) and (3) of

Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended

to read:

§ 2711.  Unlawful acts concerning licenses.

(a)  General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this

title, it is unlawful for any person to:

(1)  Hunt or take any game or wildlife by any means or

manner or device, including the use of dogs, without first

securing and personally signing [and displaying] the required

license. The required license must be carried on person when

hunting, furtaking or taking any game or wildlife within this

Commonwealth.

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[(9)  Remove or cause to be removed or permit the removal

of any hunting or furtaking license required by this title

from the place where the license is required to be displayed

for the purpose of concealing the identity of that person or

to resort to any other means or manner to conceal the

identity of that person.]

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(b)  Penalties.--A violation of this subchapter relating to:

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(2)  Subsection (a)(1) insofar as it relates to signing

[or displaying] a license is a summary offense of the eighth

degree.

(3)  Subsection (a)(2), (3), (4), (5)[, (9)] or (12) is a

summary offense of the fifth degree.

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