S*0876(Rat #0275, Act #0246 of 2014)  General Bill, By Cromer and Campsen
 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-355, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL DEER HUNTING NEAR A RESIDENCE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT
 IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HUNT DEER WITH A FIREARM WITHIN THREE HUNDRED YARDS OF A
 RESIDENCE WHEN LESS THAN TEN FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF
 THE OWNER AND OCCUPANT. - ratified title

   12/17/13  Senate Prefiled
   12/17/13  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
   01/14/14  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 55)
   01/14/14  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
                     (Senate Journal-page 55)
   02/06/14  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish,
                     Game and Forestry (Senate Journal-page 14)
   02/20/14  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 10)
   02/20/14  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 10)
   02/20/14  Senate Roll call Ayes-39  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 10)
   02/25/14  Senate Read third time and sent to House
                     (Senate Journal-page 16)
   02/26/14  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 11)
   02/26/14  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
                     (House Journal-page 11)
   04/01/14  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental
                     Affairs (House Journal-page 5)
   04/03/14  House  Debate adjourned until Tues., 4-8-14
                     (House Journal-page 29)
   04/08/14  House  Debate adjourned until Tues., 5-6-14
                     (House Journal-page 17)
   05/06/14  House  Debate adjourned until Wed., 5-7-14
                     (House Journal-page 23)
   05/07/14  House  Amended (House Journal-page 23)
   05/07/14  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 23)
   05/07/14  House  Roll call Yeas-102  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 25)
   05/08/14  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments (House Journal-page 131)
   05/15/14  Senate Non-concurrence in House amendment
                     (Senate Journal-page 48)
   05/15/14  Senate Roll call Ayes-1  Nays-37 (Senate Journal-page 48)
   05/20/14  House  House insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed Reps. Vick, Hixon, Riley
                     (House Journal-page 28)
   05/21/14  Senate Conference committee appointed McGill, Cromer,
                     Shealy (Senate Journal-page 25)
   05/29/14  House  Conference report received and adopted
                     (House Journal-page 23)
   05/29/14  Senate Conference report received and adopted
                     (Senate Journal-page 95)
   05/29/14  Senate Ordered enrolled for ratification
                     (Senate Journal-page 97)
   06/05/14         Ratified R 275
   06/06/14         Signed By Governor
   06/13/14         Effective date 06/06/14
   06/16/14         Act No. 246

(A246, R275, S876)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-355, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL DEER HUNTING NEAR A RESIDENCE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HUNT DEER WITH A FIREARM WITHIN THREE HUNDRED YARDS OF A RESIDENCE WHEN LESS THAN TEN FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER AND OCCUPANT.

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

Deer hunting with a firearm

SECTION    1.    Section 50-11-355 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-11-355.    It is unlawful to hunt deer with a firearm within three hundred yards of a residence when less than ten feet above the ground without permission of the owner and occupant. Anyone 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 not more than thirty days. The provisions of this section do not apply to a landowner hunting on his own land or a person taking deer pursuant to a department permit."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2014.

Approved the 6th day of June, 2014.