SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1170
PRINTER'S NO. 2657
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1122
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY GILLESPIE, BOBACK, ZIMMERMAN, JONES, NEILSON,
SAYLOR, DELLOSO, WHEELAND, ROWE, JOZWIAK AND GILLEN,
APRIL 7, 2021
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JANUARY 25, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, IN PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION, FURTHER PROVIDING
FOR ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION; AND, in hunting and furtaking
licenses, further providing for resident license and fee
exemptions and for license costs and fees.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2706 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
SECTION 1. SECTION 301(A) AND (B)(7) AND (8) OF TITLE 34 OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES ARE AMENDED AND
SUBSECTION (B) IS AMENDED BY ADDING A PARAGRAPH TO READ:
301. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION.
(A) COMPOSITION.--THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION
KNOWN AS THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF
[EIGHT] NINE COMPETENT CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH WHO SHALL
BE WELL INFORMED ON THE SUBJECT OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND
RESTORATION AND WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, BY AND
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WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTED MEMBERS
OF THE SENATE.
(B) QUALIFICATIONS.--THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE
APPOINTED FROM THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL SECTIONS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH SO THAT ONE AND ONLY ONE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF
EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DISTRICTS:
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(7) THE COUNTIES OF SUSQUEHANNA, WYOMING, LUZERNE,
LACKAWANNA, [CARBON, WAYNE, PIKE AND MONROE] WAYNE AND PIKE,
CONSTITUTING THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
(8) THE COUNTIES OF [SCHUYLKILL, BERKS,] CHESTER,
[NORTHAMPTON, LEHIGH,] BUCKS, MONTGOMERY, PHILADELPHIA AND
DELAWARE, CONSTITUTING THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.
(9) THE COUNTIES OF CARBON, MONROE, SCHUYLKILL, BERKS,
NORTHAMPTON AND LEHIGH, CONSTITUTING THE NINTH DISTRICT.
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SECTION 2. SECTION 2706 OF TITLE 34 IS AMENDED BY ADDING A
SUBSECTION TO READ:
§ 2706. Resident license and fee exemptions.
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(h) Volunteer instructor license.--
(1) A volunteer instructor license shall be issued by
the commission to an individual who meets all of the
following:
(i) Is a resident of this Commonwealth.
(ii) Is certified by the commission as qualified to
teach any of the hunter or trapper education curricula
offered by the commission.
(2) This subsection may not apply to a full-time
employee of the commission.
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Section 2 3. Section 2709(a)(2) of Title 34 is amended by
adding a subparagraph to read:
§ 2709. License costs and fees.
(a) License costs.--Any person who qualifies under the
provisions of this chapter shall be issued the applicable
license upon payment of the following costs and the issuing
agent's fee:
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(vi) Volunteer instructor license - $1.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
SECTION 4. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
(1) THE ADDITION OF 34 PA.C.S. §§ 2706(H) AND 2709(A)(2)
(VI) SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
(2) THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY.
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