PRINTER'S NO. 608
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
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 26, 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 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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