PENNSYLVANIA, March 15 - PRINTER'S NO. 494

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

522

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, BOSCOLA, SANTARSIERO, DILLON, STEFANO,

BARTOLOTTA, LANGERHOLC, J. WARD, COSTA AND YAW,

MARCH 15, 2023

REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 15, 2023

AN ACT

Amending Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in fishing licenses, providing for

volunteer firefighters; and, in hunting and furtaking

licenses, further providing for resident license and fee

exemptions and for license costs and fees.

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:

§ 2707.3. Volunteer firefighters.

(a) Eligibility.--The commission or a county treasurer shall

issue one annual resident fishing license at a cost of $1 to any

person eligible for the license under section 2701 (relating to

resident fishing licenses) who provides documentation that for

at least the previous 12 months the person has been a volunteer

firefighter in good standing in this Commonwealth.

(b) Regulations.--The commission may promulgate regulations

to implement this section.

Section 2. Section 2706 of Title 34 is amended by adding a

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