South Carolina General Assembly
109th Session, 1991-1992

Bill 1468


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    1468
Primary Sponsor:                Washington
Committee Number:               07
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Deer, antlered and antlerless
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Fish, Game & Forestry
Computer Document Number:       NO5/8353.BD
Introduced Date:                Apr 15, 1992
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Apr 15, 1992
Last History Type:              Introduced, read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Washington
Type of Legislation:            General Bill



History


 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
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 1468  Senate  Apr 15, 1992  Introduced, read first time,    07
                             referred to Committee

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1020, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM USED BY THE WILDLIFE AND MARINE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IN SUSPENDING HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE REFERENCE TO ANTLERLESS DEER TO DEER; TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-310, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE OPEN SEASON FOR ANTLERED DEER, SO AS TO CHANGE THE REFERENCE TO ANTLERED DEER TO DEER; TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-335, RELATING TO THE BAG LIMIT ON DEER, SO AS TO CHANGE THE LIMIT TO FOUR ANTLERED DEER A SEASON IN ALL GAME ZONES AND PROVIDE FOR NO BAG LIMIT ON ANTLERLESS DEER; TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-410, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITIONS PERTAINING TO ANTLERLESS DEER, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROHIBITIONS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 50-11-390, RELATING TO THE SEASON, BAG LIMITS, AND METHODS OF TAKING AND HUNTING ANTLERLESS DEER.

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-9-1020 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-9-1020. There is established the following point system to be used by the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department in suspending hunting and fishing privileges of those persons participating in those activities committing the following violations within this State:

Violation Points

1.(1) common violations:

(a) resisting arrest by the use of force, violence, or weapons against the person or any an employee of the department while engaged in his duties, any a law enforcement officer aiding in the work of the department, or any a federally commissioned employee engaged in like or similar employment: 18;

(b) attempting escape after lawful arrest: 14;

(c) hunting or fishing in a state sanctuary at any time: 14;

(d) hunting, fishing, or trapping out of season, (except in a state sanctuary): 10;

(e) selling game or game fish: 14;

(f) taking game or fish in any an illegal manner not mentioned specifically elsewhere in this section: 8;

(g) using a borrowed or altered hunting or fishing license: 10;

(h) taking more than the legal limit of game or fish: 8;

(i) hunting or fishing without a license in possession: 6;

(j) trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap: 10;

(k) violating game management area regulations: 8;

No points shall may be assessed by authority of item subitem (f) for fish taken on the seaward side of the saltwater-freshwater dividing lines as provided in Section 50-17-30.

2.(2) hunting violations:

(a) killing or attempting to kill or molest deer from a motorboat: 14;

(b) night hunting deer or bear: 18;

(c) illegal transportation of furs or hides and possession of untagged hides: 10;

(d) trapping quail or wild turkeys: 10;

(e) hunting over bait: 8;

(f) killing or possession of antlerless possessing deer, except as expressly provided by law: 14;

(g) illegally night hunting other game, except deer, or hunting game in prohibited hours: 8;

(h) buckshot in possession illegally: 5;

(i) unplugged gun in possession while hunting in violation of Section 50-11-10 of the 1976 Code: 4;

(j) killing or possessing of male wild turkeys, (gobblers), during the closed season and killing or possessing wild turkey hens, except as expressly provided by law: 18;

(k) roost shooting of wild turkeys between official sunset and official sunrise: 18;

(l) shooting wild turkeys over bait: 18;

(m) hunting wild turkeys over bait: 10;

(n) trespassing to hunt waterfowl: 18;

(o) hunting waterfowl over bait: 10;

(p) shooting waterfowl over bait: 10;

(q) hunting waterfowl out of posted season: 15;

(r) taking more than one waterfowl over the legal limit: 15;

3.(3) fishing violations: trapping, netting, or seining game fish illegally: 10."

SECTION 2. Section 50-11-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by an act of 1992 bearing ratification number 355, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-11-310. (A) The open season for taking antlered deer is:

(1) As set by the commission between the dates of October first and January first in Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: as set by the commission between October first and January first. The commission may designate the sex of the deer that may be taken and may promulgate regulations for the proper control of the deer harvest in these games zones.; (2) In Game Zone 5, antlered deer may be taken from: September fifteenth through January first.;

(3) In Game Zone 7,: by bow and arrow from September first through January first and with firearms from September fifteenth through January first.;

(4) In Game Zone 8, from: September first through January first.;

(5) In Game Zone 9, antlered deer from: August fifteenth to through August thirty-first with bow and arrow only; antlered deer from and September first through January first with firearms and antlerless deer from December fifteenth through January first with bow and arrow only.;

(6) In Game Zone 10, from: September first through January first September fourteenth with bow and arrow only. Antlered deer may be taken with firearms from and September fifteenth through January first with firearms.

(7)(B) Except as provided above in subsection (A), the season for taking antlered deer is from August fifteenth through January first.

(8)(C) It is unlawful to pursue deer with dogs except during the prescribed season for hunting deer."

SECTION 3. Section 50-11-335 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-11-335. The bag limit on deer is as follows:

Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: As set by the commission.

Game Zone 8: Five antlered deer four a season.

Game Zone 7: One antlered deer a day not to exceed five a season.

Game Zone 10: five antlered deer a season.

For all other game zones, there is no day or season limit on antlered deer. There is no bag limit on antlerless deer."

SECTION 4. Section 50-11-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-11-410. For purposes of this chapter, antlerless deer means a female, (doe), deer, a male, (buck), deer not exhibiting two inch antlers visible above the natural hairline, or a male, (buck), deer that has shed, broken, or otherwise lost its antlers. In South Carolina, it is unlawful to hunt, kill, take, or possess any antlerless deer on any property unless an open season has been declared on that property or an antlerless deer quota permit has been issued for the legal harvest of antlerless deer on that specific property. 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."

SECTION 5. Section 50-11-390 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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