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30 PA Cons Stat § 5502.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5502.2 - Homicide by watercraft

§ 5502.2. Homicide by watercraft. Any person who unintentionally causes the death of another person while engaged in the violation of any provision of this title or regulation promulgated under this title applying to the operation or equipment of boats or watercraft, except section 5502 (relating to operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), commits homicide by watercraft, a misdemeanor of the first degree, when the violation is the cause of death.  (Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.735, No.102, eff. Jan. 1, 1990)   1989 Amendment. Act 102 added section 5502.2.  Cross References. Section 5502.2 is referred to in section 5506 of this title.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5502.3 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5502.3 - Aggravated assault by watercraft while operating under influence

§ 5502.3. Aggravated assault by watercraft while operating under influence. (a) Offense defined.--Any person who negligently causes serious bodily injury to another person as the result of a violation of section 5502 (relating to operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) and who is convicted of violating section 5502 commits a felony of the second degree when the violation is the cause of the injury.  (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "serious bodily injury" means any bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.   (Nov. 9, 2006, P.L.1375, No.149, eff. 60 days)   2006 Amendment. Act 149 added section 5502.3.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5502.4 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5502.4 - Aggravated assault by watercraft

§ 5502.4. Aggravated assault by watercraft. (a) Offense defined.--An individual who recklessly or with gross negligence causes serious bodily injury to another person while engaged in the violation of a provision of this title or regulations promulgated under this title applying to the operation or equipment of boats or watercraft, except section 5502 (relating to operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), commits aggravated assault by watercraft, a felony of the third degree, when the violation is the cause of the injury.  (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "serious bodily injury" means any bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.  (July 1, 2020, P.L.522, No.40, eff. 60 days)   2020 Amendment. Act 40 added section 5502.4.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5503 - Accident reports

§ 5503. Accident reports. (a) Duty to file.--In case of a watercraft accident on the waters of this Commonwealth, the operator of each watercraft involved in the accident shall submit a written accident report to the commission within the time prescribed and containing such information as may be required by regulation. If an operator of a watercraft is physically incapable, as a result of the accident, of making a report, the report shall be made by the owner of the watercraft or the investigating official, in that order. The investigating official will only sign this report when the others are not available.  (b) Confidentiality.--All reports of watercraft accidents shall be considered privileged and shall be filed without prejudice to the person filing the report. The reports shall be for the information of the commission and shall not be open for public inspection except as provided in this section.  (c) Admissibility in evidence.--The fact that the reports have been made shall be admissible in evidence only to prove compliance with the requirements of this section. No report or any part thereof or any statement contained therein shall be admissible in evidence for any other purposes in any civil or criminal trial arising out of the accident.  (d) Furnishing abstracts.--The commission shall, upon request, furnish any person a certified abstract of the accident report. The abstract shall be limited to the date, time, location, weather conditions, names and addresses of the operators, passengers and witnesses and description of the watercraft involved in the accident.  (e) Penalties.--Any person who fails to file a completed accident report required by this section commits a summary offense of the second degree. Any person who files a report beyond the time limits prescribed by regulation or without providing all the material information required by regulation commits a summary offense of the third degree.   (Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447, No.41, eff. Jan. 1, 2000)   1999 Amendment. Act 41 amended subsec. (e).
30 PA Cons Stat § 5504 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5504 - Liability for damage caused by operator

§ 5504. Liability for damage caused by operator. Every owner of a watercraft causing or knowingly permitting any person to operate the watercraft in, upon or through the waters of this Commonwealth, and any person who leases or furnishes a watercraft to any other person, shall be jointly and severally liable with the other person for damages arising out of any act or occurrence in the operation of the watercraft.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5505 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5505 - Unauthorized operation of boats

§ 5505. Unauthorized operation of boats. (a) Consent required.--It is unlawful for a person to operate the boat of another without the consent of the owner.  (b) Defense.--It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the operator reasonably believed that the owner would have consented to the operation had the owner known of it.  (c) Penalty.--Any person violating this section commits a summary offense of the first degree.  (Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)   2012 Amendment. Act 211 added section 5505.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5506 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5506 - Permitting violations

§ 5506. Permitting violations. (a) Offense.--It is unlawful for a person to authorize or knowingly permit a boat owned by him or under his control to be operated in violation of any of the provisions of this title.  (b) Penalty.--Any person violating this section commits a summary offense of the first degree. If the operator of the boat is convicted under section 5502 (relating to operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance), 5502.1 (relating to homicide by watercraft while operating under influence) or 5502.2 (relating to homicide by watercraft), the person violating this section shall also be subject to revocation under section 928 (relating to revocation, suspension or denial of license, permit or registration).  (Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)   2012 Amendment. Act 211 added section 5506.
30 PA Cons Stat § 5507 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 55 - Operation of Boats|Section 5507 - Duties of operators involved in boating accidents

§ 5507. Duties of operators involved in boating accidents. (a) General rule.--The operator of a watercraft involved in an accident shall immediately stop the watercraft at the scene of the accident or as close thereto as possible. Every stop shall be made without obstructing the safe navigation of other watercraft more than is necessary.  (b) Duty to give information.--The operator of a watercraft involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to property shall give his name, address and the registration number of his watercraft to an officer authorized to enforce this title, the operator or occupants of any other watercraft involved in the accident and a person who owns or is in control of any property damaged in the accident.  (c) Duty to render aid.--The operator of a watercraft involved in an accident involving injury or death shall render reasonable assistance to a person injured in the accident if the operator can reasonably do so without endangering persons or property.  (d) Duty to remain at or near scene.--The operator of a watercraft involved in a watercraft accident involving injury to or death of a person or damage to property other than the operator's watercraft or other property contained therein shall remain at or near the scene of the accident until he has fulfilled the duties described in subsection (b) if the operator can reasonably do so without obstructing navigation of other watercraft or endangering persons or property. When circumstances make it clearly impractical to remain at or near the scene of the accident on the water, the operator may fulfill the requirements of this subsection by going to shore at a location near the scene of the accident.  (e) Penalties.-- (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person violating this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.  (2) If a victim of an accident dies, any person violating subsection (d) commits a felony of the third degree.  (Nov. 1, 2012, P.L.1716, No.211, eff. 60 days)   2012 Amendment. Act 211 added section 5507.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 71 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 7102 - Members of commission from Pennsylvania

§ 7102. Members of commission from Pennsylvania. (a) Designation and term.--In pursuance of Article III of the compact, there shall be three members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (hereinafter called commission) from this Commonwealth. The first commissioner shall be the executive director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, ex officio, and the term of this commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to hold the office of executive director and his successor as commissioner shall be his successor as executive director. The second commissioner shall be a legislator and member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation, ex officio, designated by the Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation, and the term of this commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to hold legislative office or office as a member of the Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation and his successor as commissioner shall be named in like manner. The Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) shall appoint a citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a knowledge of and interest in the marine fisheries problem. The term of this commissioner shall be three years and he shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring in the office of this commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by the Governor (by and with the advice and consent of the Senate) for the unexpired term.  (b) Delegate of executive director.--The executive director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, as ex officio commissioner, may delegate from time to time to any assistant or other subordinate in his agency or office, the power to be present and participate, including voting, as his representative or substitute at any meeting of or hearing by or other proceeding of the commission.  (c) Terms of initial members.--The terms of each of the initial three members shall begin at the date of the appointment of the appointive commissioner, provided the compact shall then have gone into effect in accordance with Article II of the compact; otherwise, they shall begin upon the date upon which the compact becomes effective in accordance with Article II.  (d) Removal from office.--Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after a hearing.   (Mar. 19, 1992, P.L.18, No.7, eff. imd.)   1992 Amendment. Act 7 amended subsecs. (a) and (b).  Appointment of Legislative Member. The Pennsylvania Commission on Interstate Cooperation was abolished when the statute creating it was repealed by the act of May 1, 1981 (P.L.22, No.9), which provided in section 3 that the legislative member of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall be jointly appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7103 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 71 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 7103 - Powers and duties of commission and Commonwealth agencies

§ 7103. Powers and duties of commission and Commonwealth agencies. The commission and the commissioners thereof shall have all the powers provided for in the compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. All officers of the Commonwealth are directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular, it being hereby declared to be the policy of this Commonwealth to perform and carry out the compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments and persons of and in the State Government or Administration of the Commonwealth are hereby authorized and directed, at convenient times and upon request of the commission, to furnish the commission with information and data possessed by them or any of them and to aid the commission by loan of personnel or other means lying within their legal rights, respectively.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 71 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 7104 - Powers granted commission supplemental to other powers

§ 7104. Powers granted commission supplemental to other powers. Any powers granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to, and in no case a limitation upon, any of the powers vested in the commission by other laws of this Commonwealth, or by the laws of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, or by the Congress of the United States or the terms of said compact.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 71 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 7105 - Accounts and reports of commission

§ 7105. Accounts and reports of commission. (a) General rule.--The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 10 in each year, setting forth, in detail, the transactions conducted by it during the 12 months preceding December 1 of that year, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of this Commonwealth, which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states.  (b) Examination by Auditor General.--The Auditor General of the Commonwealth may, from time to time, examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and other items referring to its financial standing as the Auditor General deems proper, and report the results of the examination to the Governor.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 71 - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact|Section 7106 - Amendment to compact

§ 7106. Amendment to compact. (a) Execution and form of amendment.--The Governor is authorized and directed to enter into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact with any one or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and such other states as may become party to that compact, for the purpose of permitting the states that ratify this amendment to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries common to those states through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and their representatives on that body, such amendment to be in substantially the following form:    Amendment No. 1 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact   The states consenting to this amendment agree that any two or more of them may designate the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations of the citizens and vessels of such designating states with respect to specific fisheries in which such states have a common interest. The representatives of such states on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section of the commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted: Provided, That the states so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the states participating therein of any of their privileges or powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact.  (b) Effectiveness of amendment.--This amendment shall take effect as to this Commonwealth with respect to such other of the aforesaid states as take similar action.  (c) Withdrawal from amendment.--Notice of intention to withdraw from this amendment shall be executed and transmitted by the Governor and shall be in accordance with Article XII of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and shall be effective as to this Commonwealth with those states which similarly ratify this amendment.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 73 - Shad Fishing in Delaware River and Bay|Section 7301 - Legislative findings and declarations

§ 7301. Legislative findings and declarations. The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) Since fish at large in the waters of this Commonwealth are a natural resource, protection and conservation of this resource in the public interest is the obligation of the Commonwealth.  (2) The shad which inhabit the waters of the Delaware River system constitute a potentially valuable source of food and raw materials and, under proper management, are capable of producing a constant and abundant harvest without depletion of the species and consequent shortages of supply. The important shad fishery of the Delaware River has been depleted so that the actual harvest is far below the potential yield of this resource which at one time yielded as much as 16,000,000 fish yearly but in recent years has yielded only a few hundred thousand pounds. This depletion has caused a denial to the consuming public of a constant and adequate supply of these vitamin rich foods within a reasonable price range that consistent and abundant supply would make possible, and has caused decline and instability in the fishing industry in this river system. The restoration of this species in the Delaware River has become an enterprise of vast economic importance to this Commonwealth.  (3) It is a matter of public interest and for the public welfare and health for the Commonwealth to take such measures as are necessary to control the intensity of fishing pressure in order that the restoration of this valuable species may be accomplished and that the species may attain the maximum sustained yield consistent with the preservation of an adequate brood stock. Legislative limitation of the size of the mesh of nets, size limits and other like measures are not effective in conserving this species.  (4) In accordance with the purposes of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact to which this Commonwealth is a party and in order to carry out the policy of the Commonwealth as it relates to the shad inhabiting the waters of the Delaware River and in order to restore this depleted fishery, it is necessary, proper and expedient to establish a system of licensing designed to control increases in the intensity of fishing pressure so that increases in fishing pressure will be brought into balance with the population of shad in the Delaware, to the end that the shad fisheries of the waters of the Delaware River and its tributaries will be restored and will produce the maximum sustained yield consistent with the conservation of that species. Since the stabilization of fishing operations is an activity promoting the public interest, the payment of license fees and the imposing and controlling of the restrictive provisions of this chapter upon the general public is an equitable contribution on its part arising from the privileges of harvesting this natural resource.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 73 - Shad Fishing in Delaware River and Bay|Section 7302 - Delaware River and Bay defined

§ 7302. Delaware River and Bay defined. For the purpose of regulating the shad fishery of the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries:  (1) The Delaware River includes all that part of the river and its tributaries above a line drawn from the monument on the Delaware shore at or near Listons Point and the corresponding monument at or near the mouth of New Hope Creek on the New Jersey shore, as established by the Commissioners of the States of New Jersey and Delaware under the Compact of 1905 and subsequent enabling legislation of the two states.  (2) The Delaware Bay includes all the waters of the Delaware Bay south of such line and the tributaries emptying therein down to a line connecting the Harbor of Refuge Light at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, with the lighthouse at Cape May, New Jersey.
30 PA Cons Stat § 7303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 30 - FISH|Chapter 73 - Shad Fishing in Delaware River and Bay|Section 7303 - Interstate cooperation

§ 7303. Interstate cooperation. The commission shall meet and confer with the pertinent officials of the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, constituting the Middle Atlantic Section of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and may enter into such agreements with respect to the coordination of research, enforcement or any other operations or facilities as may be necessary to secure joint management of the shad fishery of the Delaware River and Bay and their tributaries.