PRINTER'S NO. 1368
No. 1214 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY LEVDANSKY, GODSHALL, STABACK, HESS, BAKER, HANNA,
HENNESSEY, SURRA, READSHAW, SHANER, PETTIT, BELARDI,
LAUGHLIN, PISTELLA, COY, BELFANTI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MARCH 16, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 16, 1995
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 head, chest and back
5 combined. The material shall be worn so it is visible in a 360-
6 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 while
15 moving to or from a calling or hunting position, but is not
16 required to be worn while positioned and calling. The
17 material shall be worn so it is visible in a 360-degree arc.
18 (3) Archery hunting only, except when archery season
19 overlaps with small game season. During the overlap season,
20 an archery hunter shall wear a minimum of 100 square inches
21 of daylight fluorescent orange-colored material on the back
22 and front combined or a hat of the same color material. This
23 material shall be worn while the hunter is moving to and from
24 a hunting position, but is not required to be worn while
25 positioned. The material shall be worn so it is visible in a
26 360-degree arc.
27 (4) Migratory waterfowl.
28 (b) Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
29 offense of the fifth degree.
30 Section 2. Sections 141.41(2) (relating to general),
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1 141.43(3) (relating to deer) and 141.45(4) (relating to turkey)
2 of 58 Pa. Code are hereby rescinded.
3 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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