PRINTER'S NO. 2154
No. 1730 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, B. SMITH AND CAWLEY, AUGUST 1, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, AUGUST 1, 1997
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for certain activities by persons 3 holding disabled person permits. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 2923(a)(3) of Title 34 of the 7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 2923. Disabled person permits. 9 (a) Use of vehicle as a blind.-- 10 * * * 11 (3) Permittees shall carry the permit upon their person 12 while hunting. Any person named on this permit may hunt while 13 using an automobile or other vehicle as a blind. The 14 permittee shall not use the vehicle to flush or locate game. 15 The vehicle may be used only as a blind or platform from 16 which to shoot. The firearm shall be unloaded at all times 17 while the vehicle is in motion. The loaded firearm and 18 locating game requirements in this paragraph shall not apply
1 to any person who is permanently confined to a wheelchair, 2 who uses an electric powered wheelchair for mobility when 3 hunting and has only one loaded firearm in possession on the 4 wheelchair while in motion. 5 * * * 6 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. G21L34RZ/19970H1730B2154 - 2 -