PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 608 PRINTER'S NO. 1792
No. 514 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, BENNINGHOFF, HORSEY, CAPPELLI, BAKER, BALDWIN, BASTIAN, CIVERA, COLEMAN, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, HARHAI, HARRIS, HASAY, HERSHEY, HESS, LAUGHLIN, McGILL, NAILOR, PISTELLA, READSHAW, SAINATO, SATHER, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, WILT AND BARD, FEBRUARY 26, 2003
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 12, 2003
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for the offense of littering. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Section 2510 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania 6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 7 § 2510. Littering and restrictions on vehicles. 8 (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person while 9 hunting or furtaking or while on lands or waters open to hunting 10 or furtaking to: 11 (1) Deposit or leave any garbage, bottles, cartons, 12 containers, glass, paper or other rubbish or debris other 13 than in a place or receptacle maintained for that purpose. 14 The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any spent 15 shotgun shell or spent rifle shell casing which is ejected
1 during normal hunting activities. 2 (2) Drive a motor vehicle on any cleared field, whether 3 public or private, except with the permission of the owner, 4 tenant or other person in charge of the land. 5 (3) Park or leave standing any motor vehicle in such 6 manner as to block the means of ingress or egress to any 7 person's property, mailbox, cattleways or fields. 8 (b) Penalties.-- 9 (1) When litter is transported from another location and 10 is deposited on lands or waters open to hunting or furtaking, 11 the violation is a summary offense of the third degree. Any 12 person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this 13 paragraph shall pay twice the fine imposed for the first 14 offense. A conviction for a violation of this section shall 15 not bar any civil action by the property owner. 16 (2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), any other 17 violation of this section is a summary offense of the seventh 18 degree. 19 (3) In addition to the fine imposed by section 925 20 (relating to jurisdiction and penalties), an additional fine 21 of $10 may be imposed for each item of litter thrown, 22 discarded, left, emitted or deposited in violation of this 23 section. 24 (C) DEFINITION.--AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "NORMAL <-- 25 HUNTING ACTIVITIES" SHALL NOT INCLUDE A CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN A 26 PERSON HAS FIRED MORE THAN SIX ROUNDS FROM A STATIONARY 27 POSITION. 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. A8L34SFL/20030H0514B1792 - 2 -