PRINTER'S NO. 176
No. 162 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY SEVENTY, LETTERMAN, VAN HORNE, TRELLO, DAWIDA,
PRESTON AND DOMBROWSKI, FEBRUARY 4, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 4, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), entitled
2 "An act concerning game and other wild birds and wild
3 animals; and amending, revising, consolidating, and changing
4 the law relating thereto," increasing certain fees and
5 creating the Casualty Benefits Fund.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1225, No.316), known
9 as The Game Law, is amended by adding a section to read:
10 Section 320.1. Casualty Benefits Fund.--(a) There is
11 established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as
12 the Casualty Benefits Fund. This fund shall be administered by
13 the commission.
14 (b) A one dollar ($1) fee is to be charged and added to each
15 license issued by the commission. The additional fee of one
16 dollar ($1) per license shall be placed in the Casualty Benefits
17 Fund.
18 (c) The commission shall pay the sum of five thousand
19 dollars ($5,000) in death benefits to the estate of any person
1 who was killed as a result of a hunting accident.
2 (d) The commission shall also pay up to the sum of five
3 thousand dollars ($5,000) to any person who was seriously
4 injured in a hunting accident. The amount of compensation shall
5 be equal to the cost of all medical bills and lost wages
6 suffered by the individual as a result of the hunting accident.
7 (e) The maximum amount of compensation a person or his
8 estate may receive from the fund as a result of a single hunting
9 accident is ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
10 Section 2. This act shall be retroactive to January 1, 1983.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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