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House Game and Fisheries committee reports bill to give disabled veterans fishing-license benefits; amendment to include hunters fails
Summary
The House Game and Fisheries Committee reported Senate Bill 232, which would provide discounted annual fishing licenses for disabled veterans and free annual fishing licenses for veterans with a 100% disability rating. An amendment to extend identical treatment to hunters failed on a committee roll call.
The House Game and Fisheries Committee reported Senate Bill 232, printer's number 185, which would amend Title 30 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to provide discounted annual fishing licenses for disabled veterans with service-connected disabilities and free annual fishing licenses for veterans with a 100% disability rating.
An amendment offered by Chair Maloney to extend the same reduced-cost and free-license provisions to hunting and fur-taking licenses was defeated in a committee roll call. Griffin, the committee executive director, explained the amendment would remove a wartime/armed-conflict…
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