Bill Text: PA HB2130 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for regulated hunting grounds permits.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-18 - Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES [HB2130 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2130-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2973
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2130 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY AUMENT, BEAR, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DENLINGER, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, GILLESPIE, HALUSKA AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 18, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JANUARY 18, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for regulated hunting grounds
permits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2928(a), (f), (g) and (h) of Title 34 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2928. Regulated hunting grounds permits.
(a) Eligibility.--Regulated hunting grounds require a
minimum of 100 acres of land, or land and water combined, on
which the permittee must release one of the following species of
domestically produced game birds: namely, ringneck pheasants,
bobwhite quail or mallard ducks. Any of the listed species and
chukar partridges may be released only if they are listed on the
permit application and propagated by the permittee or received
from a legal source.[At least 100 of each species listed on the
permit shall be released.]
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(f) Tagging killed birds.--[Before] Except for chukar
partridges, before any released bird killed under the provisions
of a regulated hunting grounds permit is consumed on the
premises or removed from the premises, the permittee shall
attach a tag to one leg of each bird killed. The tags shall be
numbered consecutively and supplied by the commission at
reasonable cost and shall contain such information as the
commission may require. [No game bird killed on a regulated
hunting ground shall have the right foot removed until a
regulated hunting ground tag for the current season is attached
to the bird.] The tags shall remain attached to the individual
birds until prepared for consumption and shall not be used more
than once.
(g) Dog training and trials.--Dogs may be trained or field
trials may be held at any time of the year upon the premises
covered by a regulated hunting grounds permit, and retriever
trials may be conducted thereon. All game birds killed shall be
included in the reported kill. Except during the open season for
shooting, no game birds or chukar partridges shall be killed
while training dogs or conducting field trials on commercial
regulated hunting grounds. The special permit required in this
title shall first be obtained to conduct a retriever trial
thereon at any other period.
(h) Unlawful acts.--It is unlawful to:
(1) Remove from or consume on the premises covered by a
regulated hunting grounds permit pheasants, bobwhite quail or
mallard ducks killed in accordance with the provisions of
this section which have not been tagged as required by this
section.
(2) Violate any of the provisions of this chapter
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regarding marking and tagging of birds.
(3) Use any methods to hunt for, chase or kill birds on
a regulated hunting ground which are not specifically
permitted by this title.
(4) Trap any game bird or have any trap set that is
capable of taking a game bird alive on any regulated hunting
grounds unless authorized by this title.
[(5) Hunt for or take any game on a three-day hunting
license other than permitted by subsection (d).]
(6) Violate any of the other provisions of this section.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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