PRINTER'S NO. 3813
No. 2601 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY B. SMITH AND McNAUGHTON, APRIL 3, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 3, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for license costs and fees;
3 providing for a turkey stamp and pheasant stamp and fees and
4 for restricted accounts for turkey and pheasant programs.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 2709(a) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 2709. License costs and fees.
10 (a) License costs.--Any person who qualifies under the
11 provisions of this chapter shall be issued the applicable
12 license upon payment of the following costs and the issuing
13 agent's fee:
14 (1) (i) Junior resident hunting - [$5] $8.
15 (ii) Junior resident combination hunting and
16 furtaker - [$8] $11.
17 (2) (i) Adult resident hunting - [$19] $34.
18 (ii) Resident military personnel hunting - $1.
1 (iii) Former prisoner of war hunting - $1.
2 (iv) Pennsylvania National Guard hunting - $1.
3 (v) Reserve component of the armed forces hunting -
4 $1.
5 (3) (i) Senior resident hunting - [$12] $18.
6 (ii) Senior lifetime resident hunting - [$50] $99.
7 (iii) Senior lifetime resident combination hunting
8 and furtaker - [$100] $199.
9 (iv) Senior lifetime resident upgrade - $99.
10 (v) Senior lifetime renewal - $0.
11 (4) Bear hunting:
12 (i) Resident - [$15] $25.
13 (ii) Nonresident - [$35] $45.
14 (5) Antlerless deer:
15 (i) Resident, including resident military, resident
16 disabled veteran and landowner - $5.
17 (ii) Nonresident - $25.
18 (iii) Resident land antlerless open - $5.
19 (iv) Nonresident land antlerless open - $5.
20 (v) Armed forces antlerless - $5.
21 (6) Archery deer:
22 (i) Resident - $15.
23 (ii) Nonresident - $25.
24 (7) Muzzleloader deer:
25 (i) Resident - [$10] $15.
26 (ii) Nonresident - [$20] $25.
27 (8) (Reserved).
28 (9) Adult nonresident hunting - [$100] $150.
29 (10) (i) Junior nonresident hunting - [$40] $45.
30 (ii) Junior nonresident combination hunting and
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1 furtaker - [$50] $55.
2 (11) Seven-day nonresident small game - [$30] $75.
3 (12) Junior resident furtakers - $5.
4 (13) Adult resident furtakers - $19.
5 (14) (i) Senior resident furtakers - $12.
6 (ii) Senior lifetime resident furtaker - $50.
7 (15) Adult nonresident furtaker - $80.
8 (16) Junior nonresident furtaker - $40.
9 (17) Resident disabled veteran hunting or furtaker under
10 section 2706(b) (relating to disabled veterans) - no cost.
11 (18) Replacement license - [$5] $8. Antlerless deer and
12 bear licenses shall be replaced by the original issuing agent
13 only.
14 (19) Owners or possessors of land open to public hunting
15 under section 2706(d) (relating to owners or possessors of
16 land open to public hunting) - $3.
17 (20) Migratory game bird hunting license:
18 (i) Resident - [$2] $10.
19 (ii) Nonresident - [$5] $20.
20 (21) Elk hunting license:
21 (i) Resident - $25.
22 (ii) Nonresident - $250.
23 (22) Special wild turkey license:
24 (i) Resident - $20.
25 (ii) Nonresident - $40.
26 (23) Pheasant stamp:
27 (i) Resident stamp - $10.
28 (ii) Nonresident stamp - $10.
29 (24) Turkey stamp.
30 (i) Resident stamp - $5.
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1 (ii) Nonresident stamp - $20.
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3 Section 2. Title 34 is amended by adding sections to read:
4 § 2709.1. Turkey stamp.
5 (a) Requirement.--No person may hunt turkeys without first
6 having purchased a turkey stamp and having satisfied all
7 licensing requirements of this title.
8 (b) Fees.--The fee for the turkey stamp shall be as provided
9 for in section 2709 (relating to license costs and fees).
10 (c) Restricted receipts account.--The commission shall place
11 all revenues from the sale of turkey stamps as provided for in
12 section 2709 in a restricted receipts account to be used solely
13 for the maintenance and operation of a program devoted to the
14 preservation and propagation of turkey hunting in this
15 Commonwealth.
16 § 2709.2. Pheasant stamp.
17 (a) Requirement.--No person may hunt pheasants without first
18 having purchased a pheasant stamp and having satisfied all
19 licensing requirements of this title.
20 (b) Fees.--The fee for the pheasant stamp shall be as
21 provided for in section 2709 (relating to license costs and
22 fees).
23 (c) Restricted receipts account.--The commission shall place
24 all revenues from the sale of pheasant stamps as provided in
25 section 2709 in a restricted receipts account to be used solely
26 for the maintenance and operation of a program devoted to the
27 preservation and propagation of pheasant hunting in this
28 Commonwealth.
29 Section 3. This act shall apply to the license year
30 beginning on July 1, 2007, and to each license year thereafter.
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1 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007, or
2 immediately, whichever is later.
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