Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1481 Primary Sponsor:Pope Committee Number:07 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Deer hunting in Game Zone No. 2 Residing Body:Senate Computer Document Number:CYY/19108.SD Introduced Date:Apr 16, 1992 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Apr 16, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Pope Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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1481 Senate Apr 16, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 07
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-395 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF GAME ZONE 2 AND WHO POSSESSES A VALID STATE LICENSE PERMITTING HIM TO HUNT DEER MAY BE ISSUED TWO TAGS PERMITTING HIM TO HUNT AND TAKE ANTLERLESS DEER IN THAT GAME ZONE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-410, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL HUNTING OR POSSESSION OF ANTLERLESS DEER IN THIS STATE, SO AS TO PERMIT ANTLERLESS DEER TO BE TAKEN IN GAME ZONE 2 IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY SECTION 50-11-395.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-11-395. In addition to the provisions of Section 50-11-390 and to other provisions of law permitting antlerless deer to be taken on specified days, a person who is a resident of Game Zone 2 and who possesses a valid state license permitting him to hunt deer may apply to the department for tags allowing him to hunt and kill antlerless deer in that game zone during the season therefor. No person may be issued more than two tags per season and the cost of each tag is fifty dollars, the revenue from which must be used to administer the issuance of these tags and to conduct deer research and management in the game zone. The department may designate agents to sell these antlerless deer tags in its discretion.
An antlerless deer killed on the basis of tags issued pursuant to this section must be tagged with a valid antlerless deer tag issued pursuant to this section and reported to the department in the manner the department shall prescribe. The tag must be attached permanently to the lower jaw of the deer immediately after it is taken and before it is transported. Any antlerless deer killed on the basis of tags issued pursuant to this section count toward the hunter's daily or seasonal limit, if any, of antlerless deer."
SECTION 2. 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, or an antlerless deer was taken in Game Zone 2 with a tag in the manner authorized by Section 50-11-395. 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 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.