PRINTER'S NO. 1155
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
897
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PITTMAN, STEFANO, MARTIN, SCHWANK, J. WARD AND
BREWSTER, OCTOBER 18, 2021
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, OCTOBER 18, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in regulated fishing lakes, further providing for
fees, for receipts for fish caught and for classification of
lakes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3102(a), 3104 and 3106(a)(3) and (b) of
Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 3102. Fees.
(a) Class A lakes.--The annual license fee for a Class A
regulated fishing lake (except temporary fishing ponds operated
as regulated fishing lakes) shall be based on the total area of
fishing water on the premises to be licensed, whether the area
consists of one body of water or more than one.
(1) Where the total area of water is less than 20 acres,
the fee shall be [$100] $150.
(2) Where the total water area is 20 acres or more but
less than 40 acres, the fee shall be [$250] $300.
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(3) Where the area is 40 acres or more, the fee shall be
[$500] $600.
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§ 3104. Receipts for fish caught.
(a) Requirements for receipts.--The owner or person in
charge of any regulated fishing lake shall issue consecutively
numbered receipts to all anglers who catch or transport fish
from a regulated fishing lake during the closed season for the
species of fish, or in excess of the possession limit, or under
the minimum size limit. The receipts shall be made in duplicate
and one copy shall be kept on file by the issuer for inspection
by the commission or any persons designated by it. Each angler,
while in possession of the fish, shall have in his possession
the receipt relative thereto and shall produce it upon demand by
proper authority. All receipts shall contain the following
information:
(1) Name, location and license number of the regulated
fishing lake.
(2) Number and species of the fish caught.
(3) Date of issue.
(b) Class A lakes.--A club or organization operating a Class
A lake under section 3106(a)(3) (relating to classification of
lakes) may only issue receipts for the number and type of fish
stocked by the club or organization during a calendar year.
§ 3106. Classification of lakes.
(a) Class A.--The commission may issue Class A regulated
fishing lake licenses upon payment of the fee specified in
section 3102 (relating to fees) to lakes in the following
categories:
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(3) Lakes with a total water area of less than 20 acres
situated wholly within the grounds of a private fishing and
boating, rod and gun or sportsmen's club or organization when
fishing in the lake is limited to members of the club or
organization and the sponsoring club or organization operates
a cooperative nursery recognized by the commission, provided
that fish raised by the cooperative nursery shall be stocked
in waters of this Commonwealth open for free public fishing
and not in the regulated fishing lake licensed hereunder[.]
or where the club or organization purchases its stocked fish
from a hatchery that operates within the boundaries of this
Commonwealth.
Persons patronizing a Class A regulated fishing lake may catch,
kill and possess fish without regard to any size, season or
possession limit and need not possess a Pennsylvania fishing
license. All other provisions of this title are applicable.
(b) Class B.--Lakes that meet all other requirements of this
section but are not open to the general public or operated as a
commercial venture or do not purchase all of their stocked fish
from a hatchery that operates within the boundaries of this
Commonwealth may be issued a Class B regulated fishing lake
license. Persons patronizing a Class B lake may catch, kill and
possess fish taken therefrom without regard to size, season or
possession limitation. A fishing license is required to fish in
a Class B lake.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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