PRINTER'S NO. 3674
No. 482 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY B. SMITH, CAWLEY, PHILLIPS, GODSHALL, STABACK,
WILT, FORCIER, McILHATTAN, ZIMMERMAN, DALLY, MILLER,
HUTCHINSON, JAROLIN, SHANER, STERN, GRUPPO, HESS, MAJOR,
BENNINGHOFF, COLAIZZO, GEIST, READSHAW, SEMMEL, LAUGHLIN,
ROSS, NICKOL, SCHULER, COY, TIGUE, FICHTER, BAKER, BELARDI,
BARRAR, BELFANTI, FAIRCHILD, PIPPY, HENNESSEY, STAIRS,
TRAVAGLIO, BATTISTO, STEVENSON, LLOYD, HARHAI, DRUCE,
HERSHEY, HERMAN, JOSEPHS, OLASZ, COLAFELLA, MELIO,
S. H. SMITH, HALUSKA, MAITLAND, NAILOR, HANNA, SEYFERT,
EGOLF, WOJNAROSKI, SAYLOR, ROHRER AND ZUG, JUNE 4, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 4, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the President and Congress of the United States to
2 revise the requirement that applicants for hunting and
3 fishing licenses provide their Social Security numbers.
4 WHEREAS, Section 5536 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997,
5 Public Law 105-33, amended Federal law to require each state to
6 have in place laws requiring applicants for recreational
7 licenses (hunting and fishing) to provide their Social Security
8 numbers; and
9 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has implemented
10 this Federal mandate through the amendatory act of December 16,
11 1997 (P.L.549, No.58), to Title 23; and
12 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania strongly supports
13 all effective mechanisms to encourage payment of child support
14 obligations; and
1 WHEREAS, Requiring applicants for hunting and fishing
2 licenses to provide their Social Security numbers does not
3 appear to enhance effective enforcement of child support
4 obligations inasmuch as hunting and fishing license records are
5 not retrievable by reference to the Social Security numbers; and
6 WHEREAS, The vast majority of hunting and fishing licenses
7 are not sold by government agencies but are sold by private
8 businesses ranging in size from large department stores to small
9 bait and outdoor shops; and
10 WHEREAS, Imposing the requirement to collect Social Security
11 number information on the businesses that sell hunting and
12 fishing licenses unduly complicates the license issuance
13 transaction; and
14 WHEREAS, Many purchasers of hunting and fishing licenses
15 object to disclosure of their Social Security numbers to the
16 private businesses that sell these licenses; and
17 WHEREAS, The legitimate privacy concerns expressed by many
18 purchasers of hunting and fishing licenses from private
19 businesses need to be addressed; and
20 WHEREAS, Collection of Social Security numbers from
21 applicants for hunting and fishing licenses does not aid in
22 effective enforcement of child support obligations but does
23 unduly inconvenience both the sellers and purchasers of these
24 licenses and raises legitimate concerns about protection of
25 personal information; therefore be it
26 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
27 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the President and
28 Congress of the United States to eliminate the requirement that
29 states must require applicants for hunting and fishing licenses
30 to provide their Social Security numbers.
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