Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1049--To create multi-year Fishing License

From the Spring Creek TU Chapter's "Tertiary Treatment" newsletter:

The legislation supports Arway's (PA Fish and Boat Commission Executive Director) plan to create opportunities to generate license sales and initiate multi-year licenses and permits. He sees restructuring license fees as a way to attract and retain anglers and thereby increase revenues for Fish and Boat.

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1049

Here's a copy of the bill:

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Recommended Advertisement Advertisement   PRINTER'S NO.  1183
	THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
	SENATE BILL
Advertisement Advertisement   No. 1049 Session of2011
	INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, BRUBAKER, ERICKSON, FERLO, FOLMER, FONTANA, SCHWANK, SOLOBAY, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, M. WHITE AND WOZNIAK, MAY 6, 2011
	REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MAY 6, 2011
	AN ACT
1	Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2	Statutes, providing for license and permit issuance options;
3	and further providing for expiration of licenses and permits.
4	The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5	hereby enacts as follows:
6	Section 1.  Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7	Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8	§ 2717.  License and permit issuance options.
9	(a)  Multi-year license or permit.--The commission may issue
10	a license or permit that is valid for multiple years. The fee
11	for a multi-year license or permit may not exceed the total fees
12	for the applicable individual license or permit years set forth
13	in section 2715 (relating to license, permit and issuing agent
14	fees). A multi-year license or permit shall expire on December
15	31 of the last year for which it was issued.
16	(b)  Group license or permit.--The commission may issue a
17	license or permit that is valid for a group of individuals who
18	meet the criteria established by the commission. The fee for a
1	group license or permit may not exceed the total fees for the
2	applicable individual licenses or permits set forth in section
3	2715.
4	(c)  Promotional discounts.--For marketing and promotional
5	purposes, the commission may issue a license or permit for a fee
6	that is less than the applicable fees set forth in section 2715,
7	in accordance with guidelines established by the commission.
8	(d)  Regulations.--If the commission elects to issue multi-
9	year or group licenses or permits under subsection (b) or
10	initiate promotional discounts under subsection (c), it shall
11	promulgate regulations relating to group criteria and
12	promotional discounts in order to implement this section.
13	(e)  Penalties.--A person who violates regulations
14	promulgated under this section commits a summary offense of the
15	third degree.
16	Section 2.  Section 2907 of Title 30 is amended to read:
17	§ 2907.  Expiration of licenses and permits.
18	[All] Except as otherwise provided in section 2717 (relating
19	to license and permit issuance options), all licenses and
20	permits authorized by this chapter shall expire on December 31
21	of the year for which they are issued.
22	Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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