2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 27 - Fishing Licenses
Section 2711 - Issuing agents

     § 2711.  Issuing agents.
        (a)  Appointment and bond.--The commission may appoint such
     persons as it deems necessary to issue fishing licenses and
     permits, and the persons so appointed shall be required to post
     a bond or other security in a form satisfactory to the
     commission in an amount it determines. The commission may
     establish administrative fees for fishing license issuing
     agents. County treasurers shall be exempt from payment of any
     administrative fee established by the commission.
        (b)  Compensation and fees.--For services rendered in
     collecting and submitting license and permit fees, issuing
     agents, as long as they continue to act in that capacity, may
     collect and retain the issuing agent fees set forth in section
     2715 (relating to license, permit and issuing agent fees), which
     amount shall be full compensation for services rendered by them
     under the provisions of this title. The compensation shall be
     retained by the respective issuing agents and shall cover, among
     other things, the cost of issuing licenses, special licenses and
     permits, postage, mailing, returns and bonding of said agents.
     All license, special license and permit fees paid to an issuing
     agent under this title shall be paid by those agents into the
     State Treasury for deposit in the Fish Fund in the manner
     prescribed by the commission and they shall be applied to the
     purposes provided for in this title. An issuing agent shall make
     returns to the commission in the manner prescribed by the
     commission. Any issuing agent failing to comply with any of the
     provisions of this section shall not be entitled to retain the
     fee fixed in this subsection for the agent's services but shall
     pay those fees to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Fish
     Fund. Delinquent agents are subject to a penalty of 10% per
     month on any outstanding balance of license money due the
     commission, which penalty shall be compounded on a monthly
     basis. If those sums are not so paid, the Commonwealth may
     recover them by suit in the same manner as like amounts are now
     recoverable by law.
        (c)  Rules and regulations.--The commission may promulgate
     such rules and regulations to control and supervise the issuance
     of fishing licenses and permits and the collection and
     remittance of fees set forth in section 2715(a) and (a.1) by
     issuing agents and institutional superintendents as it may deem
     necessary.
        (d)  Proof of identification, residency and age.--Each
     issuing agent shall secure positive proof of identification,
     residency and age for each license issued.
        (e)  Records.--Every issuing agent shall maintain records in
     the manner prescribed by the commission. The records shall be
     available at reasonable hours for inspection by any waterways
     conservation officer or other officer designated by the
     commission or any representative of the Department of the
     Auditor General.
        (e.1)  Equipment.--Equipment for the issuance of fishing
     licenses and permits in the possession of issuing agents shall
     be available at reasonable hours for inspection by any waterways
     conservation officer or other officer designated by the
     commission.
        (f)  Penalty.--
            (1)  Any issuing agent or institutional superintendent
        violating subsection (b) commits a summary offense of the
        first degree.
            (2)  Any issuing agent or institutional superintendent
        committing a second or subsequent violation of subsection (b)
        in a 12-month period commits a misdemeanor of the second
        degree.
            (3)  Any issuing agent or institutional superintendent
        violating any other provision of this section or the rules or
        regulations promulgated thereunder commits a summary offense
        of the second degree.
            (4)  The commission may, in its discretion, recall the
        issuing agency of any agent who violates any provision of
        this section or the rules and regulations promulgated
        thereunder.
     (July 20, 1983, P.L.53, No.27, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Dec. 22, 1989,
     P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; July 6, 1995, P.L.310,
     No.47, eff. Dec. 1, 1995; Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447, No.41, eff.
     Jan. 1, 2000; Feb. 4, 2008, P.L.3, No.2, eff. imd.)

        Cross References.  Section 2711 is referred to in section
     2715 of this title.