PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1502 PRINTER'S NO. 2234
No. 1119 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, VANCE, ARMSTRONG, BOSCOLA, BROWNE,
BRUBAKER, CORMAN, COSTA, DINNIMAN, ERICKSON, FERLO, FOLMER,
FONTANA, FUMO, GORDNER, GREENLEAF, KITCHEN, MADIGAN, MELLOW,
MUSTO, O'PAKE, ORIE, PILEGGI, PIPPY, PUNT, RAFFERTY, REGOLA,
SCARNATI, STACK, TARTAGLIONE, TOMLINSON, WASHINGTON, WAUGH
AND WOZNIAK, OCTOBER 25, 2007
SENATOR McILHINNEY, GAME AND FISHERIES, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 24, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for resident license and fee
3 exemptions for deployed Pennsylvania National Guard members.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2706(f) AND (G) of Title 34 of the <--
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is ARE amended to read: <--
8 § 2706. Resident license and fee exemptions.
9 * * *
10 (f) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses.--
11 (1) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting licenses shall
12 be issued by the commission or county treasurer to any person
13 otherwise eligible for a resident hunting license in this
14 Commonwealth who provides documentation that within the
15 previous 24 months the person was deployed overseas as a
16 member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard or Air
1 National Guard on active Federal service for a period of
2 [180] 120 60 consecutive days or more or was released early <--
3 from such service because of an injury or disease incurred in
4 the line of duty. Only one Pennsylvania National Guard
5 hunting license under this subsection may be issued for each
6 qualifying deployment of a person applying for the license.
7 (2) The commission may promulgate regulations to
8 implement this subsection.
9 * * * <--
10 (G) RESERVE COMPONENT OF ARMED FORCES HUNTING LICENSES.-- <--
11 (1) RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES HUNTING
12 LICENSES SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION OR COUNTY
13 TREASURER TO ANY PERSON OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR A RESIDENT
14 HUNTING LICENSE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH WHO PROVIDES
15 DOCUMENTATION THAT WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 24 MONTHS THE PERSON
16 WAS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS AS A MEMBER OF THE RESERVE COMPONENT OF
17 THE ARMED FORCES PURSUANT TO 51 PA.C.S. § 7301 (RELATING TO
18 DEFINITIONS) FOR A PERIOD OF [180] 60 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR
19 MORE OR WAS RELEASED EARLY FROM SERVICE BECAUSE OF AN INJURY
20 OR DISEASE INCURRED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. ONLY ONE HUNTING
21 LICENSE UNDER THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE ISSUED FOR EACH
22 QUALIFYING DEPLOYMENT OF A PERSON APPLYING FOR THE LICENSE.
23 (2) THE COMMISSION MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO
24 IMPLEMENT THIS SUBSECTION.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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