S 0538 Joint Resolution, By Moore

Similar(H 3591)
 A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM IN ALL GAME ZONES
 OF THE STATE TO SHORTEN THE HUNTING SEASON FOR RACCOONS TO A PERIOD FROM
 THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH MARCH 1; TO ALLOW HUNTING WITH DOGS ONLY FOR THE
 REMAINDER OF THE YEAR; AND TO IMPOSE A MINIMUM FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 FOR A PERSON VIOLATING THESE PROVISIONS, WITH EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE FINE
 RETAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT,
 AND TWENTY PERCENT OF THE FINE FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE GAME FUND IN THE
 COUNTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.

   02/25/99  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   02/25/99  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-5

TO PROVIDE FOR A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM IN ALL GAME ZONES OF THE STATE TO SHORTEN THE HUNTING SEASON FOR RACCOONS TO A PERIOD FROM THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH MARCH 1; TO ALLOW HUNTING WITH DOGS ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR; AND TO IMPOSE A MINIMUM FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A PERSON VIOLATING THESE PROVISIONS, WITH EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE FINE RETAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TWENTY PERCENT OF THE FINE FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE GAME FUND IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is established a three-year pilot program regulating raccoon hunting in all game zones in the State. During the three-year duration of this pilot program, the following provisions apply in all game zones:

(1) The season for hunting raccoons is Thanksgiving Day through March 1, with weapons and dogs; and March 2 through the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, without weapons and with dogs only.

(2) A person who violates a provision of this section is subject to a fine of at least five hundred dollars, with eighty percent of the fine retained by the Department of Natural Resources and used for law enforcement and twenty percent of the fine forwarded to the appropriate county game fund in the county in which the violation occurred.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor, and is effective from August 15, 1999 through August 14, 2002.