Bill 4253

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               4253
Ratification Number:       701
Act Number                 684
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Bird sanctuary added

(A684, R701, H4253)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-3025 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A BIRD SANCTUARY IN A CERTAIN PORTION OF CHARLESTON COUNTY WITHIN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

Bird sanctuary added

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-11-3025. The following area in Charleston County within the City of Charleston is declared to be a bird sanctuary: from William Kennerty Drive along Highway 61, approximately 2,800 feet to Ashley Hall Plantation Road, then from Highway 61 along Ashley Hall Plantation Road, approximately 4,600 feet to Captiva Row, then from Ashley Hall Plantation Road along Captiva Row, approximately 1,500 feet to Ashley Hall Road, then from Captiva Row along Ashley Hall Road, approximately 400 feet to Boone Hall Drive, then from Ashley Hall Road along Boone Hall Drive, approximately 3,250 feet to William Kennerty Drive then from Boone Hall Drive along William Kennerty Drive, approximately 1,050 feet to Highway 61 at the point of beginning.

It is unlawful for any person to trap, hunt, molest, or attempt to molest in any manner any bird or wild fowl or to molest any birds' nests or wild fowls' nests within the sanctuary.

Any person 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 for not more than thirty days."

Time effective

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