Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.2262 Ratification Number:27 Act Number:17 Introducing Body:House Subject:Conservation officers to issue warning tickets
(A17, R27, H2262)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-3-395, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CONSERVATION OFFICERS TO ISSUE WARNING TICKETS FOR MISDEMEANOR FISH AND GAME VIOLATIONS AND TO REQUIRE THE SOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE AND MARINE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Conservation officers may issue warning tickets
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 3, of Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-3-395. Conservation officers may issue warning tickets to violators in cases of misdemeanor violations under this title. The South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department shall by regulation provide for the form, administration, and use of warning tickets authorized by this section."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.