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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 603 | PRINTER'S NO. 945 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY EARLL, PIPPY, BROWNE, WONDERLING, WASHINGTON, ORIE, COSTA, WAUGH, FONTANA AND RAFFERTY, MARCH 5, 2009 |
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| SENATOR ALLOWAY, GAME AND FISHERIES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 29, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in special licenses and permits, further providing |
3 | for Lake Erie fishing permits. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 2907.2(f.1) of Title 30 of the | <-- |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | Section 1. Section 2907.2(a) and (f.1) of Title 30 of the | <-- |
9 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
10 | § 2907.2. Lake Erie fishing permits. |
11 | (a) Permit required.--No person shall fish in [the | <-- |
12 | Pennsylvania waters of] Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay and their |
13 | tributaries, including waters that flow into those tributaries, |
14 | without first procuring an annual special permit for such |
15 | fishing or the combination trout/salmon/Lake Erie permit. |
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17 | (f.1) Lake Erie permits.--The proceeds from the fees for the |
18 | special Lake Erie fishing permits as provided for under section |
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1 | 2715(a.1)(4) (relating to license, permit and issuing agent |
2 | fees) and $6 of the fees for the combination trout/salmon |
3 | permits and Lake Erie permits as provided for under section |
4 | 2715(a.1)(5) shall be deposited into a restricted account within |
5 | the Fish Fund [for five years] through December 31, 2014. The |
6 | restricted account shall be used to provide public fishing |
7 | access or to protect or improve fish habitat on or at Lake Erie | <-- |
8 | [and the watersheds of Lake Erie], Presque Isle Bay and their | <-- |
9 | tributaries, including waters that flow into those tributaries. |
10 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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