H*3393(Rat #0031, Act #0042 of 2015)  General Bill, By Lowe
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 50-9-630 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SHALL OBTAIN A FEDERAL MIGRATORY
 HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP IN ADDITION TO OBTAINING REQUIRED STATE HUNTING
 LICENSES AND PERMITS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY
 CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO MAKE THE FEDERAL
 MIGRATORY HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LICENSE SALES
 SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE STAMP ON STATE
 HUNTING LICENSES BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED FEES, AMONG
 OTHER THINGS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-920, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO REVENUE
 GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF HUNTING LICENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FEES
 REMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR EACH FEDERAL MIGRATORY HUNTING AND CONSERVATION
 STAMP MUST BE CREDITED TO THE FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION FUND, AND TO
 PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FEES. - ratified title

   01/22/15  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 12)
   01/22/15  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
                     (House Journal-page 12)
   03/19/15  House  Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
                     (House Journal-page 28)
   03/20/15         Scrivener's error corrected
   03/24/15  House  Read second time (House Journal-page 38)
   03/24/15  House  Roll call Yeas-105  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 38)
   03/25/15  House  Read third time and sent to Senate
                     (House Journal-page 14)
   03/25/15  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   03/25/15  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
                     (Senate Journal-page 8)
   04/16/15  Senate Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and
                     Forestry (Senate Journal-page 14)
   04/22/15  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 14)
   04/22/15  Senate Roll call Ayes-38  Nays-2 (Senate Journal-page 14)
   04/23/15  Senate Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 18)
   05/07/15         Ratified R 31
   05/07/15         Signed By Governor
   05/14/15         Effective date 07/01/15
   06/09/15         Act No. 42

(A42, R31, H3393)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-630 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SHALL OBTAIN A FEDERAL MIGRATORY HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP IN ADDITION TO OBTAINING REQUIRED STATE HUNTING LICENSES AND PERMITS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO MAKE THE FEDERAL MIGRATORY HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LICENSE SALES SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE STAMP ON STATE HUNTING LICENSES BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED FEES, AMONG OTHER THINGS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-920, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF HUNTING LICENSES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT FEES REMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR EACH FEDERAL MIGRATORY HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP MUST BE CREDITED TO THE FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION FUND, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FEES.

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

Federal Migratory Hunting and Conservation Stamp required

SECTION    1.    Article 6, Chapter 9, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-9-630.    (A)    For the purposes of this section:

(1)    'Service' means the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its' successors.

(2)    'Stamp' means a Federal Migratory Hunting and Conservation Stamp.

(B)    For the privilege of hunting migratory waterfowl in this State, a hunter also shall obtain a Federal Migratory Hunting and Conservation Stamp in addition to the required state hunting license and permits. The stamp must be endorsed as required by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(C)    The department may enter into an agreement or memorandum of understanding with the service to offer the stamp through the licensing system of the department. At the time of purchase, the department must endorse a purchaser's license with the name of the stamp and the period for which the endorsement is valid; provided, however, that this period of validity may not exceed forty-five days unless authorized by the agreement or memorandum of understanding.

(D)(1)    The fee for a stamp purchased from the department may not exceed the stamp cost set by the service, plus the fulfillment cost set by the stamp fulfillment contractor, plus one dollar. Of these funds, the issuing sales vendor may retain one dollar. The department may remit stamp revenue and fulfillment costs as provided in the agreement or memorandum of understanding.

(2)    When a stamp purchase is made and immediately fulfilled in a department office, the fulfillment fee portion may not be charged.

(E)    The department only may offer the endorsement of the stamp on a state hunting license for the convenience of hunters and to encourage compliance with federal and state law. The provisions of this section may not be interpreted to diminish the original jurisdiction of the United States government over the stamp or the applicability of the stamp for hunting migratory waterfowl in this State."

Use of fees

SECTION    2.    Section 50-9-920 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 94 of 2013, is further amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:

"(G)    The fees remitted to the department for each Federal Migratory Hunting and Conservation Stamp must be credited to the Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund, and distributed as follows:

(1)    one dollar to the issuing sales vendor; and

(2)    the balance according to the agreement signed between the department and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to Section 50-9-630."

Severability

SECTION    3.    If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective.

Time effective

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect on July 1, 2015.

Ratified the 7th day of May, 2015.

Approved the 7th day of May, 2015.