2020 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 31 - Regulated Fishing Lakes
Section 3102 - Fees
(a) Class A lakes.--The annual license fee for a Class A regulated fishing lake (except temporary fishing ponds operated as regulated fishing lakes) shall be based on the total area of fishing water on the premises to be licensed, whether the area consists of one body of water or more than one.
(1) Where the total area of water is less than 20 acres, the fee shall be $100.
(2) Where the total water area is 20 acres or more but less than 40 acres, the fee shall be $250.
(3) Where the area is 40 acres or more, the fee shall be $500.
(b) Class B lakes.--The annual license fee for a Class B regulated fishing lake (except temporary fishing ponds operated as regulated fishing lakes) shall be based on the total area of fishing water on the premises to be licensed, whether the area consists of one body of water or more than one.
(1) Where the total area of water is less than 30 acres, the fee shall be $50.
(2) Where the total area of water is 30 acres or more, the fee shall be $100.
(c) Temporary fishing ponds.--
(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), the annual license fee for a temporary fishing pond which the operator seeks to operate as a Class A regulated fishing lake shall be $200.
(2) The annual license fee for a temporary fishing pond which the operator seeks to operate as a Class B regulated fishing lake shall be $50.
(3) The annual license fee for a temporary fishing pond which is operated as a Class A regulated fishing lake exclusively by or on behalf of a nonprofit sportsmen's, conservation or charitable organization shall be $25.
(d) Changes to fees.--The fees listed under this section may be changed by the commission in accordance with section 322.1 (relating to power to set fees).
(Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days; July 10, 2020, P.L.604, No.56, eff. imd.)
2020 Amendment. Act 56 added subsec. (d).
Cross References. Section 3102 is referred to in sections 322.1, 3106 of this title.
