Bill Text: PA HB239 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for the definition of "safety zone."

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-10 - Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS [HB239 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB239-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 249
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 239 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY REED, EVERETT, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, M. KELLER, RAPP, REICHLEY, ROCK, ROHRER, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH AND SONNEY, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, FEBRUARY 4, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for the definition of "safety
zone."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2505(c) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, amended July 9, 2008 (P.L.920, No.65), is
amended to read:
§ 2505. Safety zones.
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(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "safety
zone" means:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in [paragraph (2)]
paragraphs (2) and (3), the area within 150 yards around and
that area which is below the highest point of any occupied
dwelling house, residence, or other building or camp occupied
by human beings, or any barn, stable, or other building used
in connection therewith or any attached or detached
playground of any school, nursery school or day-care center.
(2) When applied to properly licensed persons hunting
with bow and arrow or crossbow and persons properly licensed
for falconry, the area within 50 yards around and that area
which is below the highest point of any occupied dwelling
house, residence or other building or camp occupied by human
beings or any barn, stable or other building used in
connection therewith and the area within 150 yards around and
that area which is below the highest point of any attached or
detached playground of any school, nursery school or day-care
center.
(3) When applied to properly licensed furtakers trapping
within a permanent watercourse and using traps submerged in
water, or making use of any special permit issued in
accordance with this title or commission regulations, the
area within 50 yards around any occupied dwelling house,
residence or other building or camp occupied by human beings,
or any barn, stable or other building used in connection
therewith and the area within 150 yards around any attached
or detached playground of any school, nursery school or day-
care center.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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