PRINTER'S NO.  1148

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1057

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY REED, COHEN, CUTLER, EVERETT, GEIST, GOODMAN, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, M. K. KELLER, MILLARD, MURT, PYLE, RAPP AND SCAVELLO, MARCH 15, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 15, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, in protection of property and persons, further

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providing for safety zones.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 2505(c) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 2505.  Safety zones.

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(c)  Definition.--As used in this section, the term "safety

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zone" means:

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(1)  Except as otherwise provided in [paragraph (2)] 

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paragraphs (2) and (3), the area within 150 yards around and

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that area which is below the highest point of any occupied

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dwelling house, residence, or other building or camp occupied

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by human beings, or any barn, stable, or other building used

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in connection therewith or any attached or detached

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playground of any school, nursery school or day-care center.

 


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(2)  When applied to properly licensed persons hunting

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with bow and arrow or crossbow and persons properly licensed

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for falconry, the area within 50 yards around and that area

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which is below the highest point of any occupied dwelling

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house, residence or other building or camp occupied by human

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beings or any barn, stable or other building used in

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connection therewith and the area within 150 yards around and

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that area which is below the highest point of any attached or

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detached playground of any school, nursery school or day-care

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center.

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(3)  When applied to properly licensed furtakers trapping

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within a permanent watercourse and using traps submerged in

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water, or making use of any special permit issued in

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accordance with this title or commission regulations, the

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area within 50 yards around any occupied dwelling house,

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residence or other building or camp occupied by human beings,

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or any barn, stable or other building used in connection

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therewith and the area within 150 yards around any attached

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or detached playground of any school, nursery school or day-

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care center.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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