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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY, FONTANA, BAKER, ROBBINS, YAW, SOLOBAY, WAUGH, ERICKSON, M. WHITE, FOLMER, STACK, RAFFERTY, ORIE, WOZNIAK AND D. WHITE, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further |
3 | providing for resident license and fee exemptions. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 2706(e), (f) and (g) of Title 34 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
8 | § 2706. Resident license and fee exemptions. |
9 | * * * |
10 | (e) Military personnel hunting licenses.--Resident military |
11 | personnel hunting licenses shall be issued by the commission |
12 | [or], county treasurer or issuing agent to persons who satisfy |
13 | all of the following requirements: |
14 | (1) Are residents of this Commonwealth. |
15 | (2) Are on active and full-time duty in the United |
16 | States Armed Forces. |
17 | (3) Are assigned to a facility outside this |
18 | Commonwealth. |
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1 | (4) Are on temporary leave in this Commonwealth. |
2 | Such persons shall comply with the regulations of the |
3 | commission. |
4 | (f) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses.-- |
5 | (1) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses shall |
6 | be issued by the commission [or], county treasurer or issuing |
7 | agent to any person otherwise eligible for a resident hunting |
8 | license in this Commonwealth who provides documentation that |
9 | within the previous 24 months the person was deployed |
10 | overseas as a member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard |
11 | or Air National Guard on active Federal service for a period |
12 | of 180 consecutive days or more or was released early from |
13 | such service because of an injury or disease incurred in the |
14 | line of duty. Only one Pennsylvania National Guard hunting |
15 | license under this subsection may be issued for each |
16 | qualifying deployment of a person applying for the license. |
17 | (2) The commission may promulgate regulations to |
18 | implement this subsection. |
19 | (g) Reserve component of armed forces hunting licenses.-- |
20 | (1) Reserve component of the armed forces hunting |
21 | licenses shall be issued by the commission [or], county |
22 | treasurer or issuing agent to any person otherwise eligible |
23 | for a resident hunting license in this Commonwealth who |
24 | provides documentation that within the previous 24 months the |
25 | person was deployed overseas as a member of the reserve |
26 | component of the armed forces pursuant to 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301 |
27 | (relating to definitions) for a period of 180 consecutive |
28 | days or more or was released early from service because of an |
29 | injury or disease incurred in the line of duty. Only one |
30 | hunting license under this subsection may be issued for each |
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1 | qualifying deployment of a person applying for the license. |
2 | (2) The commission may promulgate regulations to |
3 | implement this subsection. |
4 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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