H 3614 General Bill, By M.A. Pitts, Bales, Bedingfield, Brantley, Clyburn, 
Dantzler, Herbkersman, Jefferson, Jennings, Kelly, Littlejohn, Mahaffey, 
Mulvaney, Neilson, Perry, E.H. Pitts, G.R. Smith, Stavrinakis, Umphlett and 
Whipper

Similar(S 597)
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-740, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH HUNTING DAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A
 PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE MAY BE A YOUTH HUNTER.

   03/01/07  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-11
   03/01/07  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-11

TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-740, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH HUNTING DAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE MAY BE A YOUTH HUNTER.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-9-740 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 299 of 2000, is amended to read:

"Section 50-9-740.    (A)    The department may select one or more days, which shall be designated to designate as a 'South Carolina Youth Hunting Day', in addition to the regular seasons for any a species of wild game. The days A youth hunting day must be held outside any a regular season on a weekend, holiday, or other nonschool day when a youth hunters shall hunter may have the maximum opportunity to participate. The day may be held up to fourteen days before or after any a regular season framework or within any a split of a regular season, or within any other another open season.

(B)    Youth hunters must be ten years of age through seventeen years of age. In addition, A person who is less than eighteen years of age may be a youth hunter. A licensed adult at least twenty-one years of age must accompany the a youth hunter into in the field and may not harvest or attempt to harvest game during this special hunting event. A license requirements requirement specified in this chapter shall be is waived for this day on a youth hunting day under this section for all a youth hunters as described above hunter. A daily harvest limits remain limit remains the same as allowed during regular seasons for each species of game."

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