Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4487 Primary Sponsor:Rhoad Committee Number:20 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Hunting dog, may enter land to retrieve Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Computer Document Number:NO5/8136.BD Introduced Date:Mar 03, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Mar 03, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rhoad McLeod Littlejohn Holt Rama Quinn Koon Farr Wilder Riser Harwell Harvin Vaughn P. Harris Canty Jennings Snow Bruce Phillips Houck Lanford Cromer A. Young Gonzales Delleney McCraw R. Young Fair Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4487 House Mar 03, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 20
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-770, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING, OR TRAPPING ON LANDS WITHOUT CONSENT, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON WITHOUT A FIREARM TO ENTER LANDS TO RETRIEVE A HUNTING DOG UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-770 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 50-11-770. (A) Any A person who, at any time whatsoever, hunts or ranges on any lands or enters thereon, for the purpose of hunting, fishing, or trapping on them to hunt, fish, or trap without the consent of the owner or manager thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows for a:
(1) first offense, must be: fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a
(2) second offense, be: fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days; and, for a
(3) third or subsequent offense, be: fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months or both.
(B) Notwithstanding subsection (A), a person without a firearm, unless prohibited in writing or verbally by the owner or manager or his agent, may enter upon the lands to retrieve a dog used in hunting.
(C) A first or second offense prosecution resulting in a conviction must be reported by the magistrate or city recorder hearing the case to the communications and records division of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division which. The division shall keep a record of the conviction so that any a law enforcement agency may inquire into whether or not a defendant has a prior record. Only those offenses which occurred within a period of ten years, including and immediately preceding the date of the last offense, constitute prior offenses within the meaning of this section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.