PRINTER'S NO. 1444
No. 1305 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, DeWEESE, McCALL, FAIRCHILD, PESCI,
LYNCH, FICHTER, BUNT, TIGUE, SURRA, FARMER, KAISER, DURHAM,
OLASZ, GEIST, TRELLO, NYCE, E. Z. TAYLOR, NICKOL, SCHEETZ,
CLARK, HERSHEY, HECKLER, BAKER, GERLACH, FLICK, O'BRIEN,
TOMLINSON, LAUB, JAROLIN, PITTS, KING AND CAWLEY,
APRIL 21, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 21, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, authorizing out-of-State issuing agents in certain
3 states.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2722 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2722. Authorized license-issuing agents.
9 (a) County treasurer and commission employees.--Each county
10 treasurer or, in home rule or optional plan counties, the person
11 whose duties encompass those of a county treasurer, whose agency
12 has not been recalled under this title, shall accept
13 applications and issue licenses in accordance with this title.
14 The director may also designate commission employees at
15 commission facilities to issue licenses.
16 (b) Agents for issuing antlerless deer licenses.--Antlerless
1 deer licenses shall be issued by the county treasurer or, in
2 home rule or optional plan counties, the person whose duties
3 encompass those of a county treasurer within the county in which
4 the licenses are valid.
5 (c) Agent for issuing bear and nonresident furtaker
6 licenses.--Bear and nonresident furtaker licenses shall be
7 issued only by the commission or by authorized license-issuing
8 agents designated by the director.
9 (c.1) Out-of-State issuing agents.--No issuing agent in New
10 Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Ohio or New York is
11 permitted to issue a license unless that state permits
12 Pennsylvania agents to issue its licenses.
13 (d) Appointment of additional agents.--The commission may
14 appoint such number of qualified persons, with similar
15 authority, as it deems necessary for the efficient distribution
16 of licenses required by this title.
17 (e) Agent responsible for employees.--The authorized agent
18 shall be solely responsible for each person acting under his
19 direction.
20 (f) Recall of appointment or authority.--The director may
21 recall the appointment or authority of any county treasurer or
22 other agent at any time.
23 (g) Regulations.--The commission shall adopt regulations
24 for:
25 (1) The appointment of hunting or furtaker license-
26 issuing agents and shall establish the appropriate
27 administrative fee for creating and maintaining these issuing
28 agents. County treasurers shall be exempt from the payment of
29 any administrative fee established by the commission.
30 (2) The administration, control and performance of
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1 activities conducted pursuant to the provisions of this
2 chapter.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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