Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:758 Primary Sponsor:Drummond Committee Number:07 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Hunting, fishing violations, point system Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Fish, Game & Forestry Computer Document Number:BR1/1218.AC Introduced Date:Mar 13, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Mar 13, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Drummond Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 758 Senate Mar 13, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 07 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-1020, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM FOR SUSPENSION OF HUNTING AND FISHING PRIVILEGES, SO AS TO REVISE CERTAIN VIOLATIONS, INCREASE CERTAIN POINTS FOR VIOLATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT OTHER TITLE 50 FISH AND GAME VIOLATIONS CARRY A PENALTY OF SIX POINTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-9-1020 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 346 of 1990, is further 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 within this State:
Violation Points
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. . . . . . . 1418
(c) Hunting or fishing in a state
sanctuary at any time. . . . . . . . 14
(d) Hunting, fishing, or trapping out of season or possessing or
transporting game or fish illegally
during the closed season(except in a state sanctuary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
(e) Selling game or game fish
Illegal commercialization of wildlife and
fish. . . . . 1418
(f) Taking game or fish in any
illegal manner not mentioned specifically
elsewhere in this section . . .8
(g) (f) Using a borrowed or altered
hunting or fishing license or required
permits, tags, and stamps . . 10
(h)(g) Taking, possessing, or transporting
more than the legal limit of game or
fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
(i)(h) Hunting or fishing without a
license, required permits, tags, and
stamps in possession . . . .6
(j)(i) Trespassing to hunt, fish, or
trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
(k)(j) Violating Game Management Area regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
No points shall be assessed by authority of
item (f) for fish taken on the seaward side of
the saltwater-freshwater dividing lines as
provided in Section 50-17-35.
2. HUNTING VIOLATIONS
(a) Killing or attempting to kill or
molest deer from a motorboat1418
(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 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 illegally56
(i) Unplugged gun in possession while
hunting--violation of Section 50-11-1046
(j) (1) Killing or possessing of male a
wild turkeys (gobblers) turkey during the
closed season. . . . . . . . . . .18
(2) and killing Killing or possessing
a wild turkey hens hen during the spring
gobbler season except as expressly provided
by law. . . . . . 1814
(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 season1518
(r) Taking more than one waterfowl over
the legal limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. FISHING VIOLATIONS
Trapping, netting, or seining game fish
illegally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. ALL OTHER VIOLATIONS OF TITLE 50, NOT
SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATED IN THIS SECTION,
EXCLUDING CHAPTERS 17 AND 216."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.