(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.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Section 2701 - Resident fishing licenses
Section 2702 - Nonresident and tourist licenses
Section 2702.1 - One-day resident fishing license
Section 2703 - Possession and display of licenses
Section 2704 - Lost fishing licenses
Section 2705 - Improper license use and false application
Section 2706 - Complimentary licenses
Section 2707 - Disabled veterans and former prisoners of war
Section 2707.1 - Deployed Pennsylvania National Guard members
Section 2707.2 - Reserve component of armed forces members
Section 2708 - Institutional licenses
Section 2708.1 - Farmlands open to public fishing
Section 2709 - Exemptions from license requirements
Section 2710 - Form and expiration of licenses
Section 2712 - License requirements on boundary waters
Section 2713 - Appropriations for licenses issued without a fee (Deleted by amendment)
Section 2714 - License issuing fees
Section 2715 - License, permit and issuing agent fees