2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 30 - FISH
Chapter 27 - Fishing Licenses
Section 2715 - License, permit and issuing agent fees
(a) License fees.--Except as provided under subsection (c), the following fees apply to fishing licenses issued under this chapter and shall be paid into the Fish Fund:
(1) Resident Annual Fishing License, $21.
(2) Senior Resident Annual Fishing License, $10.
(3) Senior Resident Lifetime Fishing License, $50.
(4) Nonresident Annual Fishing License, $51.
(5) Seven-Day Tourist Fishing License, $33.
(6) Three-Day Tourist Fishing License, $25.
(6.1) One-Day Resident Fishing License, $10.
(6.2) One-Day Tourist Fishing License, $25.
(7) Replacement Fishing License, including related permits and privileges, $5.
(8) Transaction costs associated with the Pennsylvania Automated Licensing Service (PALS), actual costs not to exceed $1.
(a.1) Permit fees.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, the following fees apply to permits related to fish and fishing and shall be paid into the Fish Fund:
(1) Trout permits, $8.
(2) Resident charter boat/fishing guide permit, $100.
(3) Nonresident charter boat/fishing guide permit, $400.
(4) Special permit to fish in Lake Erie and tributaries, $8.
(5) Combination trout permit and Lake Erie permit, $14.
(6) Transaction costs associated with the Pennsylvania Automated Licensing Service (PALS), actual costs not to exceed $1.
(b) Issuing agent fees.--Except as provided under subsection (c), the issuing agent fee to be retained by the issuing agent as provided in section 2711 (relating to issuing agents) for fishing licenses and permits shall be $1.
(c) Changes to fees.--The fees listed under subsections
(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (6.1), (6.2) and (7), (a.1)(1), (4) and (5) and (b) may be changed by the commission in accordance with section 322.1 (relating to power to set fees).
(July 6, 1995, P.L.310, No.47, eff. Dec. 1, 1995; Nov. 29, 2004, P.L.1286, No.159, eff. imd.; July 14, 2005, P.L.306, No.54, eff. imd.; Feb. 4, 2008, P.L.3, No.2, eff. imd.; July 10, 2020, P.L.604, No.56, eff. imd.)
2004 Amendment. Section 7 of Act 159 provided that Act 159 shall apply to all fees for licenses and permits issued on or after January 1, 2005.
Cross References. Section 2715 is referred to in sections 322.1, 2701, 2702, 2702.1, 2704, 2711, 2714, 2716, 2717, 2904, 2907.2, 2907.3 of this title.
