THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

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.