H*3916 Session 110 (1993-1994)
H*3916(Rat #0329, Act #0315) General Bill, By J.J. Snow
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
50-11-65 so as to provide for the training of bird dogs.
04/13/93 House Introduced and read first time HJ-11
04/13/93 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-11
01/19/94 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental
Affairs HJ-12
01/26/94 House Amended HJ-24
01/26/94 House Read second time HJ-24
01/27/94 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-13
02/01/94 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-10
02/01/94 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-10
02/22/94 Senate Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and
Forestry SJ-13
02/23/94 Senate Read second time SJ-12
03/01/94 Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-10
03/10/94 Ratified R 329
03/16/94 Signed By Governor
03/16/94 Effective date 03/16/94
03/25/94 Copies available
(A315, R329, H3916)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-65 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE
TRAINING OF BIRD DOGS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Training of bird dogs
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-11-65. (A) Persons engaged in the business of
training bird dogs in return for money, goods, or services may obtain a Bird
Dog Trainer's License entitling them to the privileges provided in this
section.
(B) The applicant for the license shall provide proof of ownership in or
a recorded leasehold instrument for a tract of land to be designated as a bird
dog training area. The applicant also shall provide a county or highway
map designating the location of the property together with a tax map, aerial
photograph, or plat designating the property boundaries. The bird dog
training area may not exceed fifty acres for each licensee.
(C) The boundaries of the area must be posted every one hundred fifty
feet or less with signs designating the area as follows: `Private Bird Dog
Training'.
(D) The application and the license must list the trainer and not more
than two assistants, all of whom must have hunting licenses. Upon
receiving a training license, the trainer and his two assistants may take
pen-raised quail during the closed season for training dogs. No person,
trainer, or assistant, may be listed on more than one license.
(E) The licensee shall maintain records showing the number of birds
purchased or raised, released for bird dog training, and harvested as part of
the training program, together with other records the department may
require as a condition of the license. A copy of these records must be open
for inspection by agents of the department at reasonable times and must be
furnished to the department in an annual report before issuance of the next
year's license. The fee for the license is fifty dollars, and the license
expires annually June thirtieth.
(F) The trainer and his assistants shall make reasonable efforts to
minimize the disturbance of wild quail during training. Birds released
pursuant to this section must be banded, and recovery or recall pens may be
used if the trainer is issued a permit for the pens. Unbanded quail taken in
recall pens must be released immediately.
(G) A person possessing a hunting license may train bird dogs on
private land at any time during the year. However, outside the established
quail season, only weapons capable of firing blank ammunition may be
used unless feral pigeons have been released and are being used in the
training. (H) A person violating subsection (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than
two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. A trainer or
assistant trainer who violates one or more of these subsections must have
his privileges provided under this section suspended for two years from the
date of conviction."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 16th day of March, 1994. |