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:

PRINTER’S NO. 1183

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

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

Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, providing for license and permit issuance options;

and further providing for expiration of licenses and permits.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 2717. License and permit issuance options.

(a) Multi-year license or permit.–The commission may issue

a license or permit that is valid for multiple years. The fee

for a multi-year license or permit may not exceed the total fees

for the applicable individual license or permit years set forth

in section 2715 (relating to license, permit and issuing agent

fees). A multi-year license or permit shall expire on December

31 of the last year for which it was issued.

(b) Group license or permit.–The commission may issue a

license or permit that is valid for a group of individuals who

meet the criteria established by the commission. The fee for a

group license or permit may not exceed the total fees for the

applicable individual licenses or permits set forth in section

2715.

purposes, the commission may issue a license or permit for a fee

that is less than the applicable fees set forth in section 2715,

in accordance with guidelines established by the commission.

(d) Regulations.–If the commission elects to issue multi-

year or group licenses or permits under subsection (b) or

initiate promotional discounts under subsection (c), it shall

promulgate regulations relating to group criteria and

promotional discounts in order to implement this section.

(e) Penalties.–A person who violates regulations

promulgated under this section commits a summary offense of the

third degree.

Section 2. Section 2907 of Title 30 is amended to read:

§ 2907. Expiration of licenses and permits.

[All] Except as otherwise provided in section 2717 (relating

to license and permit issuance options), all licenses and

permits authorized by this chapter shall expire on December 31

of the year for which they are issued.

Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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