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For Immediate Release
March 23, 2010
Contact: Sally Kohr
(717) 787-4651
Senate Approves Alloway Legislation to Improve Sportsmen
Safety
HARRISBURG – The Senate approved legislation today that
would improve sportsmen safety by preventing dangerous offenders from obtaining
a fishing or hunting license in Pennsylvania, according to the bill’s sponsor
Sen. Richard Alloway II (R-33).
Senate Bill 1200 would enable Pennsylvania to join the
Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, a multi-state effort to ensure that
habitual offenders in one state will not be able to commit violations in other
states. The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact Act would enable Pennsylvania
to recognize the revocation of an individual’s hunting, fishing or trapping
privileges due to a violation of regulations in any other member’s state.
"Safety is the most important issue for our Commonwealth’s
sportsmen, and this legislation will help us to ensure that violators from other
states will not be able to endanger others," Alloway said. "This legislation is
vital for the state to properly manage our wildlife and aquatic resources, and I
am hopeful that it will receive prompt consideration in the House of
Representatives."
The Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact was created in
1989 and currently includes 33 states, including Pennsylvania’s neighboring
states of New York, Ohio and West Virginia.
Senate Bill 1200 now goes to the House of Representatives
for consideration. | 
