PRINTER'S NO. 3553

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 2485 Session of 2002

        INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, PHILLIPS, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BROOKS,
           CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA, COY,
           CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, EGOLF, FREEMAN,
           GABIG, GEIST, GEORGE, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY,
           HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LEH, MARKOSEK,
           MAYERNIK, MELIO, MYERS, PALLONE, PETRARCA, PICKETT, PISTELLA,
           ROBERTS, SAINATO, SHANER, R. STEVENSON, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO,
           WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, G. WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG,
           APRIL 2, 2002

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 2, 2002

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for boat registration fees and
     3     registration renewal cycles for senior citizens.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 5104 of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 5104.  Fees.
     9     [The] (a)  General rule.--Except as provided in subsection
    10  (b), the following fees apply to registrations, licenses,
    11  permits and capacity plates issued under this part and the fees
    12  collected shall be deposited in the State Treasury in the Boat
    13  Fund:
    14         (1)  Owner registration (motorboats less than 16 feet in
    15     length), $10 per year.

     1         (2)  Owner registration (motorboats 16 feet to less than
     2     20 feet), $15 per year.
     3         (2.1)  Owner registration (motorboats 20 feet or longer),
     4     $20 per year.
     5         (2.2)  Owner registration (boats not equipped with
     6     motors), $5 per year.
     7         (3)  Duplicate owner registration, $3 each.
     8         (4)  Dealer registration, $15 each per year.
     9         (5)  Commercial passenger boat registration, $25 each.
    10         (6)  License for operator of passenger-carrying boat, $5
    11     each.
    12         (7)  Capacity plate, $5 each.
    13         (8)  Transfer of a multi-year boat registration, $5.
    14         (9)  Permit for floating structure and private aids to
    15     navigation, $10 each.
    16     (b)  Reduced fee and renewal cycle.--Notwithstanding any
    17  provision of this title or any regulation promulgated under this
    18  title, any person who is 65 years of age or older shall be
    19  entitled to the following reductions:
    20         (1)  A reduction of 50% for any boat registration fee
    21     assessed by the commission.
    22         (2)  A renewal cycle of one year at the option of the
    23     applicant.
    24     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.




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