S 0317 General Bill, By Gregory and Peeler
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-2570, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
 CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PERMITS TO CAPTURE DESTRUCTIVE
 ANIMALS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON TAKING A FURBEARING ANIMAL UNDER THE
 AUTHORITY OF A DEPREDATION PERMIT MAY DISPOSE OF THE ANIMAL COMMERCIALLY IF
 THE PERSON TAKING THE ANIMAL HAS A VALID COMMERCIAL FUR LICENSE AND THE PELT
 OF THE ANIMAL IS TAGGED AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON
 TAKING FURBEARING ANIMALS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A DEPREDATION PERMIT MUST
 REPORT THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF ANIMALS TAKEN TO THE FURBEARER BIOLOGIST OF THE
 DIVISION OF WILDLIFE AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
 RESOURCES WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT.

   02/14/01  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   02/14/01  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-5
   02/28/01  Senate Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and
                     Forestry SJ-8
   03/01/01  Senate Read second time SJ-14
   03/01/01  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
                     amendments SJ-14
   03/14/01  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-19
   03/15/01  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-11
   03/15/01  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-12

February 28, 2001

    S. 317

S. Printed 2/28/01--S.

Read the first time February 14, 2001.

    To whom was referred a Bill (S. 317) to amend Section 50-11-2570, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to issuance of special permits to capture destructive animals, so as to provide that a person taking a furbearing animal, etc., respectfully

    That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

GREG GREGORY, for Committee.

TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-2570, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PERMITS TO CAPTURE DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON TAKING A FURBEARING ANIMAL UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A DEPREDATION PERMIT MAY DISPOSE OF THE ANIMAL COMMERCIALLY IF THE PERSON TAKING THE ANIMAL HAS A VALID COMMERCIAL FUR LICENSE AND THE PELT OF THE ANIMAL IS TAGGED AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON TAKING FURBEARING ANIMALS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A DEPREDATION PERMIT MUST REPORT THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF ANIMALS TAKEN TO THE FURBEARER BIOLOGIST OF THE DIVISION OF WILDLIFE AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-11-2570 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 340 of 1994, is further amended by adding:

    "(C)    A person taking a furbearing animal under the authority of a depredation permit may dispose of the animal commercially if the person taking the animal has a valid commercial fur license and the pelt of the animal is tagged as required by law. A person taking furbearing animals under the authority of a depredation permit must report the number and type of animals taken to the furbearer biologist of the department's Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries on forms prescribed by the department within twenty-one days of the expiration of the permit."

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