GAME COMMISSION PRAISES COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF HOUSE BILL 92
Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe offered his praise to the Pennsylvania Senate Game and Fisheries Committee for its recent overwhelming and bi-partisan support of House Bill 92, which will enable the agency to fully transition to an electronic, point-of-sale license system, commonly referred to as Pennsylvania Automated License System (PALS).
Roe specifically noted his appreciation to Senate Game and Fisheries Committee Majority Chairman Richard Alloway II (R-33) and Minority Chairman Richard A. Kasunic (D-32) for working to move this bill forward in the Senate, which needs further action in the Senate before being sent to the Governor. On April 29, the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee reported the amended bill back to the full Senate, which then gave first consideration to the measure.
Roe also noted his thanks to House Game and Fisheries Committee Majority Chairman Edward Staback (D-60), who sponsored the bill, and to House Game and Fisheries Committee Minority Chairman Craig A. Dally (R-168), who co-sponsored the bill.
"Transitioning to PALS has been something that our license buyers and members of the General Assembly have been urging the Game Commission to do for a number of years," Roe said. "We are excited about the many benefits that this new license sale system will provide to our license buying customers, our issuing agents and the agency.
"I want to thank Sens. Alloway and Kasunic, Reps. Staback and Dally, for their support of this measure, as well as the many members of the House and Senate Game and Fisheries Committee who have supported this bill."
Under House Bill 92, license buyers would be assessed the actual transaction fee costs associated with implementing PALS. Presently, the transaction fee is 70-cents per license or stamp purchased. This fee would be paid directly to ALS, the Nashville-based company contracted to provide an electronic license sale system for the Game Commission, as well as the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
During the 2007-08 Legislative Session, the General Assembly approved a similar measure for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to assess transaction fees to the license buyer.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=176473