PRINTER'S NO. 1384
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1187
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY WENTLING, HARKINS, KORTZ, CALTAGIRONE, NEILSON,
MURT AND SONNEY, APRIL 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 11, 2019
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] the permits 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 money 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 money 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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