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State Rep. Deberah Kula D-Fayette/Westmoreland www.pahouse.com/kula

Committee approves Kula hunting-under-the-influence bill

HARRISBURG, June 17 – State Rep. Deberah Kula announced that the House Game and Fisheries Committee today approved her legislation that would lower the blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for hunting under the influence from 0.10 percent to 0.08 percent.

"Hunting has a rich history in Pennsylvania, but it is also a family tradition that must be both protected and held to high safety standards," said Kula, D-Fayette/Westmoreland. "The new guidelines I am proposing would stiffen penalties for hunters found to be under the influence, ultimately making our rural areas and forests safer during hunting season."

Based on a law passed last year to lower the limit to 0.08 percent for boating under the influence, Kula's bill (H.B. 1523) would align the BAC under state law governing the Pennsylvania Game Commission, with the limit already used by both the Fish and Boat Commission and Department of Transportation.

Currently, 17 states use the BAC to determine impairment for hunters and of that number, 11 have lowered their limits to 0.08 percent as proposed by Kula.

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