S 1468 Session 109 (1991-1992)
S 1468 General Bill, By Washington
A Bill to amend Section 50-9-1020, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
relating to the point system used by the Wildlife and Marine Resources
Department in suspending hunting and fishing privileges, so as to change the
reference to antlerless deer to deer; to amend Section 50-11-310, as amended,
relating to the open season for antlered deer, so as to change the reference
to antlered deer to deer; to amend Section 50-11-335, relating to the bag
limit on deer, so as to change the limit to four antlered deer a season in all
game zones and provide for no bag limit on antlerless deer; to amend Section
50-11-410, relating to the prohibitions pertaining to antlerless deer, so as
to delete the prohibitions; and to repeal Section 50-11-390, relating to the
season, bag limits, and methods of taking and hunting antlerless deer.
04/15/92 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-3
04/15/92 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-4
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1020, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM USED BY
THE WILDLIFE AND MARINE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IN
SUSPENDING HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO
CHANGE THE REFERENCE TO ANTLERLESS DEER TO DEER;
TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-310, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO
THE OPEN SEASON FOR ANTLERED DEER, SO AS TO CHANGE
THE REFERENCE TO ANTLERED DEER TO DEER; TO AMEND
SECTION 50-11-335, RELATING TO THE BAG LIMIT ON DEER,
SO AS TO CHANGE THE LIMIT TO FOUR ANTLERED DEER A
SEASON IN ALL GAME ZONES AND PROVIDE FOR NO BAG
LIMIT ON ANTLERLESS DEER; TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-410,
RELATING TO THE PROHIBITIONS PERTAINING TO
ANTLERLESS DEER, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROHIBITIONS;
AND TO REPEAL SECTION 50-11-390, RELATING TO THE
SEASON, BAG LIMITS, AND METHODS OF TAKING AND
HUNTING ANTLERLESS DEER.
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 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
committing the following violations within this State:
Violation Points
1.(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 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 any an illegal manner
not mentioned specifically elsewhere in this section:
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;
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.(2) hunting violations:
(a) killing or attempting to kill or molest deer from a
motorboat: 14;
(b) night hunting deer or bear: 18;
(c) illegal transportation of furs or hides and possession of
untagged hides: 10;
(d) trapping quail or wild turkeys: 10;
(e) hunting over bait: 8;
(f) killing or possession of antlerless possessing
deer, except as expressly provided by law: 14;
(g) illegally night hunting other game, except deer, or hunting
game in prohibited hours: 8;
(h) buckshot in possession illegally: 5;
(i) unplugged gun in possession while hunting in
violation of Section 50-11-10 of the 1976 Code:
4;
(j) killing or possessing of male wild turkeys,
(gobblers), during the closed season and killing
or possessing wild turkey hens, except as expressly provided by
law: 18;
(k) roost shooting of 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;
3.(3) fishing violations: trapping, netting,
or seining game fish illegally: 10."
SECTION 2. Section 50-11-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended
by an act of 1992 bearing ratification number 355, is further amended to
read:
"Section 50-11-310. (A) The open season for taking
antlered deer is:
(1) As set by the commission between the dates of October
first and January first in Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: as set by the
commission between October first and January first. The
commission may designate the sex of the deer that may be taken
and may promulgate regulations for the proper control of the deer
harvest in these games zones.; (2) In
Game Zone 5, antlered deer may be taken from:
September fifteenth through January first.;
(3) In Game Zone 7,: by bow and arrow
from September first through January first and with firearms
from September fifteenth through January first.;
(4) In Game Zone 8, from: September
first through January first.;
(5) In Game Zone 9, antlered deer
from: August fifteenth to through August
thirty-first with bow and arrow only; antlered deer from
and September first through January first with firearms and
antlerless deer from December fifteenth through January first with bow
and arrow only.;
(6) In Game Zone 10, from:
September first through January first September
fourteenth with bow and arrow only. Antlered deer may be
taken with firearms from and September fifteenth through
January first with firearms.
(7)(B) Except as provided above in
subsection (A), the season for taking antlered deer is
from August fifteenth through January first.
(8)(C) It is unlawful to pursue deer with dogs except
during the prescribed season for hunting deer."
SECTION 3. Section 50-11-335 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 50-11-335. The bag limit on deer is as follows:
Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: As set by the commission.
Game Zone 8: Five antlered deer four a season.
Game Zone 7: One antlered deer a day not to exceed five a
season.
Game Zone 10: five antlered deer a season.
For all other game zones, there is no day or season limit on antlered
deer. There is no bag limit on antlerless deer."
SECTION 4. Section 50-11-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to
read:
"Section 50-11-410. For purposes of this chapter, antlerless
deer means a female, (doe), deer, a
male, (buck), deer not exhibiting two
inch antlers visible above the natural hairline, or a male,
(buck), deer that has shed, broken, or otherwise
lost its antlers. In South Carolina, it is unlawful to hunt, kill, take,
or possess any antlerless deer on any property unless an open season has
been declared on that property or an antlerless deer quota permit has
been issued for the legal harvest of antlerless deer on that specific
property. Any person 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 for not more than thirty days."
SECTION 5. Section 50-11-390 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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