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H. 4985
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Huggins and Atwater
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Introduced in the House on March 26, 2014
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Summary: Deer hunting
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/26/2014 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 16)
3/26/2014 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 16)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-355, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HUNTING DEER WITHIN THREE HUNDRED YARDS OF A RESIDENCE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE OWNER AND OCCUPANT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO A LANDOWNER'S GUESTS OR LESSEES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-355 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 50-11-355. It is unlawful to hunt deer within three hundred yards of a residence without permission of the owner and occupant. Anyone violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. The provisions of this section do not apply to a landowner, his guests, or lessees hunting on his own land the landowner's property or a person taking deer pursuant to a department permit."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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