THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, COSTA, FONTANA, RAFFERTY AND M. WHITE, APRIL 16, 2012

REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 16, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for shooting at or causing injury

to human beings.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2522(c) and (e) of Title 34 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 2522.  Shooting at or causing injury to human beings.

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(c)  Denial of privileges.--In addition to the penalty

imposed pursuant to subsection (b), any person who shoots at,

injures or kills a human being shall be denied the privilege to

hunt or take game or wildlife anywhere in this Commonwealth,

with or without license, for the following periods:

(1)  To shoot at but not hit or injure or to shoot at and

cause bodily injury to a human being, the denial shall be for

a period of [two] five years.

(2)  To shoot at and cause serious bodily injury to a

human being, the denial shall be for a period of not less

than [five] 20 years nor more than [ten] 30 years.

(3)  To kill a human being, the denial shall be for [a

period of 15 years] life.

(4)  An individual prohibited from carrying a firearm

under either Federal or State law who violates subsection (a)

shall be denied the privilege to hunt or take game or

wildlife anywhere in this Commonwealth for life.

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(e)  Imprisonment for violation of sentence.--It is unlawful

for a person to hunt or take game or wildlife or attempt to hunt

or take game or wildlife, with or without license, contrary to a

sentence imposed under subsection (b). Upon conviction, the

person shall be sentenced to undergo imprisonment for a period

of not less than [three] 12 months nor more than [six] 24 

months.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.