Pennsylvania Code › Title 58 - RECREATION › Part II - FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION › Subpart A - General Provisions › Chapter 51 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Subchapter D - ISSUING AGENTS › Section 51.38 - Operation of the issuing agent for the Pennsylvania Automated Licensing Service (PALS)

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Sale of licenses.
(1)
					 Issuing agents shall collect the required customer information, including
					 Social Security numbers, at the time of purchase and ensure that the fishing
					 license is accurate, correct and fully completed. The applicant shall verify
					 the information provided to the issuing agent and entered into the PALS is
					 accurate and correct and sign his own name or place his mark in the place
					 indicated on the face of the license certificate. A license is not valid unless
					 it is signed by the applicant. If an applicant indicates to the issuing agent
					 that he does not have a Social Security number, the issuing agent shall ask the
					 applicant to complete an affidavit on the form prescribed by the Commission
					 certifying under penalty of law that the applicant does not have a Social
					 Security number and the reason therefor. Upon completion and execution of the
					 form by the applicant, the issuing agent may issue the license to the
					 applicant. Issuing agents shall deny the issuance of a license to an applicant
					 who fails to provide his Social Security number or who fails to sign an
					 affidavit as required by this paragraph. Issuing agents shall retain the
					 affidavits and submit them to the Commission at least once a month or in
					 another manner prescribed by the Commission.
(2) Issuing agents shall verify the
					 eligibility of the applicant for the class of license indicated on the license
					 in accordance with §
												51.32 (relating to resident and
					 nonresident licenses). If an applicant for a resident license indicates that he
					 is unable to establish that he is a resident of this Commonwealth by any of the
					 means identified in §
												51.32 other than by signing an
					 affidavit of Pennsylvania residency, the issuing agent shall ask the applicant
					 to complete the form prescribed by the Commission certifying under penalty of
					 law that the applicant is a bona fide resident of this Commonwealth. Issuing
					 agents shall deny the issuance of a resident license to an applicant who fails
					 to establish his residency by signing the form or as otherwise provided in
					 §
												51.32. Issuing agents shall retain
					 the affidavits of Pennsylvania residency and submit them to the Commission at
					 least once a month or in another manner prescribed by the Commission.
(3) Issuing agents shall transfer the
					 information provided by the applicant to the PALS and ensure that the PALS is
					 otherwise operational and prints the license certificate legibly. Issuing
					 agents may not provide a customer with more than one copy of a license
					 certificate issued under PALS.
(4)
					 Issuing agents shall provide a
Summary of Fishing Regulations and
					 Laws
with each license issued. Issuing agents also shall provide a
					 copy of the summary book to any holder of a Senior Resident Lifetime Fishing
					 License who requests one. Issuing agents are encouraged to provide a copy of
					 the summary book, if adequate numbers are available, to other individuals who
					 request one.
(5) Issuing agents
					 shall make available licenses and permits for sale to the public in strict
					 accordance with all policies, instructions, rules and regulations of the
					 Commission.
(6) Issuing agents and
					 their employees may not provide false or misleading information on a license.
					 The date reported on a license sold shall be the date of the actual
					 sale.
(7) Issuing agents shall keep
					 customer information confidential and not use, release or permit the use of
					 this information for any purpose not specifically authorized by the Commission
					 or applicable law.
(8) Issuing
					 agents shall return all original voided licenses to the Commission within 15
					 days of their issuance. Issuing agents shall pay the license fees for voided
					 licenses that are not returned to the Commission within 15 days of
					 issuance.
(9) Issuing agents shall
					 return all documents designated by the Commission within the time frame
					 specified by the Commission.
(10)
					 Issuing agents shall maintain, as instructed by the Commission, displays,
					 notices or other informational materials relating to licenses and permits
					 provided by the Commission, distribute to customers and fishing guides other
					 compliance or educational materials provided by the Commission and promote and
					 market new products or privileges as required by the Commission.
(11) Issuing agents shall sell licenses and
					 permits only at the business location specified in their application or
					 approved by the Commission and at a place on the premises accessible to the
					 public.
(12) Issuing agents may not
					 offer or provide licenses or permits free of charge or for any fee not
					 authorized by section 2715 of the code (relating to license, permit and issuing
					 agent fees).
(13) Issuing agents
					 shall redeem a license or permit voucher regardless of where the voucher was
					 purchased.