PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1972, 2131 PRINTER'S NO. 2265
No. 1704 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY LEVDANSKY, KASUNIC, FEE, PHILLIPS, JAROLIN,
GRUITZA, STABACK, SURRA AND GODSHALL, MAY 26, 1993
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON RULES, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 22, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for protective material required.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 2524 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 2524. Protective material required.
8 [(a) General rule.--Unless further restricted by regulations
9 of the commission, every person hunting for or assisting to hunt
10 for deer, bear or woodchucks shall wear either a minimum of 250
11 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange-colored material on
12 the back and front combined or, in lieu thereof, a hat of the
13 same color material. The material shall be worn so it is visible
14 in a 360-degree arc. Unless otherwise specified by regulations
15 of the commission, the provision of this section shall not apply
16 to any season for using muzzle-loading firearms only or season
17 for using bows and arrows only.]
1 (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (a.1),
2 every person hunting for or assisting to hunt for big game or
3 small game shall wear a minimum of 250 square inches of daylight
4 fluorescent orange-colored material on the back and front HEAD, <--
5 CHEST AND BACK combined. The material shall be worn so it is
6 visible in a 360-degree arc.
7 (a.1) Exceptions.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall
8 not apply to any season for:
9 (1) Using muzzle-loading firearms only.
10 (2) Hunting wild turkey, wherein every person hunting
11 for or assisting to hunt for wild turkeys shall wear a
12 minimum of 100 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange-
13 colored material on the back and front combined or a hat of
14 the same color material. This material shall be worn only <--
15 while moving to or from A calling or hunting position, not <--
16 BUT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE WORN while positioned and calling. <--
17 The material shall be worn so it is visible in a 360-degree
18 arc.
19 (3) Archery hunting only, except when archery season
20 overlaps with small game season. During the overlap season,
21 an archery hunter shall wear a minimum of 100 square inches
22 of daylight fluorescent orange-colored material on the back
23 and front combined or a hat of the same color material. This
24 material shall be worn only while the hunter is moving WHILE <--
25 THE HUNTER IS MOVING TO AND FROM A HUNTING POSITION, BUT IS
26 NOT REQUIRED TO BE WORN WHILE POSITIONED. The material shall
27 be worn so it is visible in a 360-degree arc.
28 (4) Migratory waterfowl.
29 (b) Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
30 offense of the fifth degree.
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1 Section 2. Sections 141.41(2), 141.43(3) and 141.45(4) of 58
2 Pa. Code are hereby rescinded.
3 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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