Bill Text: PA HB2193 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In fishing licenses, further providing for one-day resident fishing licenses and for reserve component of armed forces members.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES [HB2193 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2193-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3059
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2193 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY STABACK, SIPTROTH, BEAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOBACK, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DEASY, DENLINGER, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, GABLER, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, W. KELLER, LENTZ, LEVDANSKY, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, McGEEHAN, METZGAR, MILLER, MOUL, MUNDY, MURPHY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROCK, SEIP, K. SMITH, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WATERS, WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, JANUARY 6, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JANUARY 6, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in fishing licenses, further providing for one-day
resident fishing licenses and for reserve component of armed
forces members.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 2707.1(a) and 2707.2(a) of Title 30 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 2707.1. Deployed Pennsylvania National Guard members.
(a) Eligibility.--The commission [or], a county treasurer or
an issuing agent shall issue one annual resident fishing license
at a cost of $1 to any person eligible under section 2701
(relating to resident fishing licenses) for the license who
provides documentation that within the previous 24 months the
person was deployed overseas as a member of the Pennsylvania
Army National Guard or Air National Guard on active Federal
service for a period of 180 consecutive days or more or was
released early from such service because of an injury or disease
incurred in the line of duty. Only one Pennsylvania National
Guard fishing license under this section may be issued for each
qualifying deployment of a person applying for the license.
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§ 2707.2. Reserve component of armed forces members.
(a) Eligibility.--The commission [or], a county treasurer or
an issuing agent shall issue one annual resident fishing license
at a cost of $1 to any person eligible for the license under
section 2701 (relating to resident fishing licenses) who
provides documentation that within the previous 24 months the
person was deployed overseas as a member of the reserve
component of the armed forces pursuant to 51 Pa.C.S. § 7301
(relating to definitions) for a period of 180 consecutive days
or more or was released early from service because of an injury
or disease incurred in the line of duty. Only one fishing
license under this section may be issued for each qualifying
deployment of a person applying for the license.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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