PRINTER'S NO. 1869
No. 1546 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SALOOM AND PETRARCA, JUNE 25, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JUNE 30, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 15, 1959 (P.L.1779, No.673),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act relating to fish, frogs,
3 tadpoles and turtles; and amending, revising, consolidating
4 and changing the law relating to fish in the inland waters
5 and the boundary lakes and boundary rivers of the
6 Commonwealth," changing the fees for resident fishing
7 licenses, nonresident fishing licenses, tourist licenses,
8 providing for reduced license fees for persons receiving
9 social security disability payments.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 220, act of December
13 15, 1959 (P.L.1779, No.673), known as "The Fish Law of 1959,"
14 amended July 24, 1973 (P.L.196, No.47), is amended to read:
15 Section 220. Resident Fishing License; Fees.--(a) For the
16 purposes of this article, every person sixteen years of age and
17 upward, upon application to any issuing agent within the
18 Commonwealth, or to the Commission, and upon the establishment
19 of his identity and age to the satisfaction of the issuing agent
20 or the Commission by producing a bank book, letters, lodge
21 cards, police cards, a motor vehicle operator's permit or some
22 other positive means of identification and age, that he has been
1 a bona fide resident of this Commonwealth for a period of sixty
2 days next preceding his application and was born in the United
3 States, and in the case of naturalized foreign-born residents,
4 the production of such applicant's naturalization papers, shall,
5 upon the payment to the issuing agent or the Commission of a
6 license fee of seven dollars fifty cents ($7.50) except as
7 hereinafter provided for persons sixty-five years of age and
8 over for the use of the Commonwealth, and in the event that the
9 license is issued by an issuing agent, a fee of twenty-five
10 cents (25¢) for the use of the issuing agent, be entitled to the
11 license herein referred to as a "resident fishing license."
12 Residents with the above qualifications, who are sixty-five or
13 more years of age or persons who are receiving social security
14 disability payments at the time of application, shall be
15 entitled to a "resident fishing license" upon payment to said
16 agent or the Commission of a license fee of two dollars ($2.00)
17 for the use of the Commonwealth, and in the event that the
18 license is issued by an issuing agent, a fee of twenty-five
19 cents (25¢) for the use of the issuing agent. The license in
20 such cases shall, in addition to the other information required,
21 give the date of birth of the applicant.
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23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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