Bill 3723

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3723
Primary Sponsor:                Snow
Committee Number:               20
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Hunting, fishing violations;
                                point system
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Agriculture, Natural
                                Resources, and Environmental
                                Affairs
Computer Document Number:       NO5/7000BD.93
Introduced Date:                19930316    
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              19930316    
Last History Type:              Introduced, read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Snow
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

3723  House   19930316      Introduced, read first time,    20
                            referred to Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1020, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR SUSPENDING HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO REVISE CURRENT COMMON, HUNTING, AND FISHING VIOLATIONS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 50-9-1020 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-9-1020. There is established the following point system for the following violations to be used by the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department in suspending hunting and fishing privileges of those persons participating in those activities within this State:

Violation Points

(1) Common Violations:

(a) resisting arrest by the use of force, violence, or weapons against the person or any an employee of the department while engaged in his duties, any a law enforcement officer aiding in the work of the department, or any a federally commissioned employee engaged in like or similar employment: 18;

(b) attempting escape after lawful arrest: 14;

(c) hunting, or fishing, or trapping in a state sanctuary at any time: 14;

(d) hunting, fishing, or trapping out of season or possessing or transporting game or fish illegally during the closed season (except in a state sanctuary): 10;

(e) buying, selling, game or game fish offering for sale, or bartering a protected or regulated animal in violation of a state or federal law or regulation: 14;

(f) taking or attempting to take game or fish in any an illegal manner not mentioned specifically elsewhere in this section: 8;

(g) using a borrowed or altered hunting or fishing license borrowing, altering, lending, or exchanging a department issued license, permit, stamp, or tag: 10;

(h) taking, possessing, or transporting more than the legal limit of game or fish: 8;

(i) hunting, or fishing, or trapping without a license, permit, stamp, or tag in possession: 6;

(j) trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap: 10 12;

(k) violating Game Wildlife Management Area regulations: 8;

No points shall may be assessed by authority of item subitem (f) for fish taken on the seaward side of the saltwater-freshwater dividing lines as provided in Section 50-17-30.

(2) Hunting Violations:

(a) killing or hunting, taking, attempting to kill take, or molest molesting deer from a motorboat water conveyance or while a part of the deer is in the water: 14 18;

(b) night hunting deer or bear big game: 18;

(c) illegal transportation of illegally transporting furs or hides and possession of possessing untagged hides: 10;

(d) trapping quail or wild turkeys: 10;

(e) hunting over bait except waterfowl and turkey: 8;

(f) killing taking or possession of possessing antlerless deer, except as expressly provided by law: 14;

(g) illegally night hunting other game, except deer, or hunting game in wildlife or hunting wildlife during prohibited hours: 8;

(h) Buckshot in possession illegally 5 possessing illegal ammunition or weapons: 6;

(i) possessing an unplugged gun in possession while hunting, a violation of Section 50-11-10 of the 1976 Code: 4;

(j) i. killing taking or possessing of male wild turkeys (gobblers) during the closed season and killing or: 18;

ii. possessing taking or possessing wild turkey hens except as expressly provided by law 18 during the spring gobbler season: 14;

(k) roost shooting of taking wild turkeys between official sunset and official sunrise at night: 18;

(l) shooting taking wild turkeys over bait: 18;

(m) hunting wild turkeys over bait: 10;

(n) trespassing to hunt waterfowl: 18;

(o) hunting waterfowl over bait: 10;

(p) shooting taking waterfowl over bait: 10;

(q) hunting waterfowl out of posted season: 15;

(r) taking more than one waterfowl over the legal limit: 15;

(s) hunting from a public road: 8;

(t) using artificial light at night unlawfully: 8;

(u) hunting waterfowl without a federal duck stamp: 6;

(v) fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain a department issued license, permit, stamp, or tag: 18.

(3) Fishing Violations:

(a) trapping, netting, or seining game fish illegally: 10;

(b) taking, attempting to take, possessing, or transporting undersized fish: 8;

(c) fishing too many devices: 4;

(d) fishing illegal devices: 8."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.