Pennsylvania Act 2024-1 — FISH (30 PA.C.S.) - EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

Act text

Session of 2024

No. 2024-1

SB 146

AN ACT

Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fishing licenses, further providing for exemptions from license requirements.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 2709(e) of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2709. Exemptions from license requirements.

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(e) Participants in educational and therapeutic recreation programs.--A participant in an educational or therapeutic recreation program shall not be required to possess a fishing license while participating in the [educational] program provided that the program meets the standards established by the executive director and is under the direct supervision of an instructor who possesses a valid fishing license and the program sponsor has applied for and received the written permission of the executive director.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 28th day of March, A.D. 2024.

JOSH SHAPIRO