H*3365(Rat #0444, Act #0386 of 1980)  General Bill, By R.L. Altman
 A Bill to amend Section 50-11-2110, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as
 amended, relating to buying or selling deer, so as to provide that the hide of
 a deer legally taken, may be sold, bartered, offered for sale or in
 possession, and to provide further that hides from legally taken deer may be
 bought, sold or bartered for a period of thirty calendar days following the
 end of the deer season.

   01/22/80  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-354
   01/22/80  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
                     Resources HJ-354
   03/05/80  House  Committee report: Favorable Agriculture and
                     Natural Resources HJ-1236
   03/06/80  House  Read second time HJ-1299
   03/11/80  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-1334
   03/11/80  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-10
   03/11/80  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-10
   04/10/80  Senate Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and
                     Forestry SJ-15
   04/16/80  Senate Read second time SJ-18
   04/17/80  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-12
   04/22/80  House  Ratified R 444 HJ-2312
   04/28/80         Signed By Governor
   04/28/80         Effective date 07/01/81
   04/28/80         Act No. 386
   05/12/80         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-2110, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO BUYING OR SELLING DEER, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE HIDE OF A DEER LEGALLY TAKEN, MAY BE SOLD, BARTERED, OFFERED FOR SALE OR IN POSSESSION, AND TO PROVIDE FURTHER THAT HIDES FROM LEGALLY TAKEN DEER MAY BE BOUGHT, SOLD OR BARTERED FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY CALENDAR DAYS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE DEER SEASON.

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

Hide of deer may be sold, bartered, etc.

Section 1. Section 50-11-2110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 511 of 1976, is further amended by adding at the end of the first sentence "except the hide of legally taken deer. Hides from legally taken deer may be bought, sold or bartered for a period of thirty calendar days following the end of the deer season." The section when amended shall read:

"Section 50-11-2110. It shall be unlawful to buy or sell, offer for sale, barter or have in possession for sale any deer or part thereof except the hide of legally taken deer. Hides from legally taken deer may be bought, sold or bartered for a period of thirty calendar days following the end of the deer season. For a violation of this section, upon conviction, the guilty party for a first offense shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a second offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, such person shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a third offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, such person shall be fined one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than sixty days."

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1981.