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PRINTER'S NO. 509
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
485
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GOODMAN, GILLESPIE, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, D. COSTA,
DEASY, DOWLING, FABRIZIO, FEE, FREEMAN, GERGELY, HANNA,
A. HARRIS, PHILLIPS-HILL, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KNOWLES, KORTZ,
LONGIETTI, McNEILL, MILLARD, B. MILLER, MULLERY, NEUMAN,
O'BRIEN, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, SCHLOSSBERG, SNYDER, STAATS,
WARD, ZIMMERMAN AND NEILSON, FEBRUARY 14, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 14, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, repealing
provisions relating to junior hunter projects; and, in
hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for
unlawful acts concerning licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 327 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is repealed:
[§ 327. Junior hunter projects.
(a) General rule.--It shall be the duty of the commission to
initiate, implement and administer two or more junior license
hunter projects for the purpose of increasing and sustaining
interest in hunting among young persons of this Commonwealth.
Except for the requirement to actually hold a junior hunting
license under section 2705(2) or (9) (relating to classes of
licenses) and as may otherwise be modified by commission
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regulations, all participants in any junior hunter project shall
comply with all of the provisions of this title and the
regulations promulgated hereunder.
(b) Specific projects.--
(1) One of the projects shall consist of at least two
free hunting days for persons qualified to receive a junior
hunting license under section 2705(2) or (9) and who have
successfully completed the hunter education requirements
under section 2704(b) (relating to eligibility for license).
The commission shall establish the days, times and species
which may be taken during the free hunting days.
(2) One of the projects shall consist of a Pennsylvania
Game Commission program subject to the review of both the
Game and Fisheries Committee of the House of Representatives
and the Game and Fisheries Committee of the Senate. The
respective committees shall have 60 days to review the
program and submit comments to the commission. Prior to
completion of the review by the respective committees, the
commission shall not take any action to initiate the
program.]
Section 2. Section 2711(a.1) of Title 34 is amended to read:
§ 2711. Unlawful acts concerning licenses.
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(a.1) Exemption.--For the sole purpose of implementing and
enhancing a mentored hunting program within this Commonwealth,
the commission [may] shall establish regulations exempting
certain limited hunting activities from the prohibitions
specified in subsection (a)(1), (3), (5) and (8). Such exemption
shall include a provision limiting a mentored person
participating in a mentored hunting program to the receipt of no
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more than one antlerless deer license in each license year. A
person [17] 12 years of age or older may participate in a
mentored hunting program as a mentored hunter in no more than
three licensing years.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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