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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY REED, COHEN, CUTLER, EVERETT, GEIST, GOODMAN, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, M. K. KELLER, MILLARD, MURT, PYLE, RAPP AND SCAVELLO, MARCH 15, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 15, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in protection of property and persons, further |
3 | providing for safety zones. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 2505(c) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 2505. Safety zones. |
9 | * * * |
10 | (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "safety |
11 | zone" means: |
12 | (1) Except as otherwise provided in [paragraph (2)] |
13 | paragraphs (2) and (3), the area within 150 yards around and |
14 | that area which is below the highest point of any occupied |
15 | dwelling house, residence, or other building or camp occupied |
16 | by human beings, or any barn, stable, or other building used |
17 | in connection therewith or any attached or detached |
18 | playground of any school, nursery school or day-care center. |
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1 | (2) When applied to properly licensed persons hunting |
2 | with bow and arrow or crossbow and persons properly licensed |
3 | for falconry, the area within 50 yards around and that area |
4 | which is below the highest point of any occupied dwelling |
5 | house, residence or other building or camp occupied by human |
6 | beings or any barn, stable or other building used in |
7 | connection therewith and the area within 150 yards around and |
8 | that area which is below the highest point of any attached or |
9 | detached playground of any school, nursery school or day-care |
10 | center. |
11 | (3) When applied to properly licensed furtakers trapping |
12 | within a permanent watercourse and using traps submerged in |
13 | water, or making use of any special permit issued in |
14 | accordance with this title or commission regulations, the |
15 | area within 50 yards around any occupied dwelling house, |
16 | residence or other building or camp occupied by human beings, |
17 | or any barn, stable or other building used in connection |
18 | therewith and the area within 150 yards around any attached |
19 | or detached playground of any school, nursery school or day- |
20 | care center. |
21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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