THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, BAKER, RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON, FARNESE, ERICKSON, GREENLEAF, SOLOBAY, COSTA, BROWNE, HUGHES, BLAKE, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, FERLO, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, LEACH, STACK, WILLIAMS, WOZNIAK, YUDICHAK AND WARD, OCTOBER 3, 2011

REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, OCTOBER 3, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in fishing licenses, further providing for

provisions relating to disabled veterans and former prisoners

of war.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2707(a) of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2707.  Disabled veterans and former prisoners of war.

(a)  General rule for disabled veterans.--Any disabled

veteran who has a disability incurred in any war or armed

conflict which consists of the loss of one or more limbs, or the

loss of use of one or more limbs, or total blindness, or who is

[100%] 50% disabled as certified by the United States Department

of Veterans Affairs, and who meets the qualifications of section

2701 (relating to resident fishing licenses), shall be issued a

free resident fishing license upon application to the commission

or a county treasurer. An application submitted by a disabled

veteran shall, in addition to any information required under

section 2701, contain a statement that the applicant is a war or

armed conflict veteran and that the qualifying disability was

service incurred. The issuing agent or the commission may

require the production of the discharge papers of the applicant.

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