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PRINTER'S NO. 597
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
604
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WILEY, ALLOWAY, BREWSTER, COSTA, FONTANA, BOSCOLA,
GORDNER, RAFFERTY, SCHWANK AND SMITH, MARCH 6, 2015
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in special licenses and permits, further providing
for Lake Erie fishing permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2907.2(a), (b), (d) and (f.1) of Title 30
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 2907.2. Lake Erie fishing permits.
(a) Permit required.--No person shall fish in Lake Erie,
Presque Isle Bay and their tributaries, including waters that
flow into those tributaries, without first procuring an annual
special permit [for such fishing] to fish in Lake Erie and
tributaries or [the combination trout/salmon/Lake Erie permit] a
combination trout/salmon permit and Lake Erie permit.
(b) Fee.--The annual fee and the issuing agent fee for the
special [permit] permits issued in this section shall be as
provided in section 2715 (relating to license, permit and
issuing agent fees).
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(d) Regulations.--The commission may promulgate regulations
for the display of the special [permit] permits and manner in
which [it] they may be affixed to the fishing license or carried
with the licensee.
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(f.1) Lake Erie permits.--
(1) The proceeds from the fees for the special permits
to fish in Lake Erie [fishing permits] and tributaries as
provided for under section 2715(a.1)(4) (relating to license,
permit and issuing agent fees) and $6 of the fees for the
combination trout/salmon permits and Lake Erie permits as
provided for under section 2715(a.1)(5) shall be deposited
into a restricted account within the Fish Fund. [The]
(2) The funds in the restricted account shall be used to
provide public fishing access or to protect or improve fish
habitat on or at Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay and their
tributaries, including waters that flow into those
tributaries. The funds may also be used for other projects
that support public fishing on or at Lake Erie, Presque Isle
Bay and their tributaries.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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