S*0992(Rat #0536, Act #0473)  General Bill, By Land

Similar(S 798)
 A Bill to amend Section 50-9-1020, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to the point system for suspending hunting and fishing
 privileges, so as to provide for an additional hunting violation pertaining to
 raccoons; to amend Section 50-11-120, as amended, relating to the hunting
 seasons for small game, so as to revise the season for fox in Game Zone 6 and
 the season for raccoon and opossum in Game Zone 9; to amend Section 50-11-140,
 as amended, relating to requirements for hunting raccoons and opossums, so as
 to include fox and revise the requirements for violations.-amended title

   01/11/94  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-60
   01/11/94  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-60
   03/17/94  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish,
                     Game and Forestry SJ-12
   03/22/94  Senate Amended SJ-22
   03/22/94  Senate Read second time SJ-22
   03/23/94  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-15
   03/24/94  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-8
   03/24/94  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-8
   04/20/94  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental
                     Affairs HJ-52
   05/05/94  House  Debate adjourned until Tuesday, May 10, 1994 HJ-25
   05/10/94  House  Debate adjourned until Wednesday, May 11, 1994 HJ-20
   05/11/94  House  Amended HJ-72
   05/11/94  House  Read second time HJ-74
   05/12/94  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments HJ-15
   05/17/94  Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-390
   05/18/94  Senate Recalled from Legislative Council SJ-27
   05/18/94  Senate Reconsidered SJ-28
   05/18/94  Senate House amendment amended SJ-28
   05/18/94  Senate Returned to House with amendments SJ-30
   05/19/94  House  Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-3
   06/02/94         Ratified R 536
   07/14/94         Signed By Governor
   07/28/94         Effective date 07/01/94
   07/28/94         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1020, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR SUSPENDING HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL HUNTING VIOLATION PERTAINING TO RACCOONS; TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-120, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE HUNTING SEASONS FOR SMALL GAME, SO AS TO REVISE THE SEASON FOR FOX IN GAME ZONE 6 AND THE SEASON FOR RACCOON AND OPOSSUM IN GAME ZONE 9; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-140, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR HUNTING RACCOONS AND OPOSSUMS, SO AS TO INCLUDE FOX AND REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

Additional raccoon hunting violations

SECTION 1. Section 50-9-1020 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by an act of 1994 bearing ratification number 439, is further amended to read:

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

(1) Common violations:

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

(b) attempting escape after lawful arrest: 14;

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

(d) hunting, fishing, or trapping out of season, except in a state sanctuary: 10;

(e) selling game or game fish: 14;

(f) taking game or fish in an illegal manner not mentioned specifically elsewhere in this section. However, no points may be assessed pursuant to this subitem for fish taken on the seaward side of the saltwater-freshwater dividing lines as provided in Section 50-17-30: 8;

(g) using a borrowed or altered hunting or fishing license: 10;

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

(i) hunting or fishing without a license in possession: 6;

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

(k) violating Game Management Area regulations: 8;

(l) hunting, taking, possessing, or selling alligators in violation of law or department regulations: 14.

(2) Hunting violations:

(a) killing or attempting to kill or molest deer from a motorboat: 14;

(b) night hunting deer or bear: 18;

(c) illegally transporting furs or hides and possessing untagged hides: 10;

(d) trapping quail or wild turkeys: 10;

(e) hunting over bait: 8;

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

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

(h) possessing buckshot illegally: 5;

(i) possessing unplugged gun while hunting, violation of Section 50-11-10: 4;

(j) 1. killing or possessing a wild turkey during the closed season: 18;

2. killing or possessing a wild turkey hen during the spring gobbler season: 14;

(k) roost shooting wild turkeys between official sunset and official sunrise: 18;

(l) shooting 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 waterfowl over bait: 10;

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

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

(s) illegally possessing, taking, or attempting to take raccoons during the season for hunting without weapons: 14.

(3) Fishing violations: trapping, netting, or seining game fish illegally: 10."

Season for fox in Game Zone 6 revised

SECTION 2. Section 50-11-120(A)(6)(c) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 383 of 1992, is further amended to read:

"(c) fox: year round but no weapons may be used January second through August fifteenth. There is no closed season for the running of foxes with dogs for the purpose of training the dogs in a private enclosed fox-hunting-dog-training facility;"

Season for raccoon and opossum in Game Zone 9 revised

SECTION 3. Section 50-11-120(A)(9)(e) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1262, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"(e) raccoon and opossum: September first through October fourteenth; March second through March thirty-first without weapons and with dogs only; October fifteenth through March first with weapons and dogs. All hunting of raccoon and opossum in Game Zone 9 must be at night. Night as used in this section is that time between official sunset one day and official sunrise the following day;"

Fox included; requirements for violations revised

SECTION 4. Section 50-11-140 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1262, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-11-140. During a period in which raccoons, opossums, or fox are allowed to be hunted without weapons, it is unlawful to take, attempt to take, or hunt the animals when carrying on one's person or in one's vehicle a firearm."

Time effective

SECTION 5. This act takes effect July 1, 1994.

Approved the 14th day of July, 1994.