South Carolina General Assembly
110th Session, 1993-1994

Bill 3771


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3771
Primary Sponsor:                T.C. Alexander
Committee Number:               20
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Deer hunting, provisions
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Agriculture, Natural
                                Resources, and Environmental
                                Affairs
Computer Document Number:       NO5/8790BD.93
Introduced Date:                19930324
Last History Body:              House
Last History Date:              19930324
Last History Type:              Introduced, read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   T.C. Alexander
                                Cato
                                Graham
                                Klauber
                                Marchbanks
                                McCraw
                                Phillips
                                Robinson
                                Trotter
                                Tucker
                                Vaughn
                                Walker
                                Wells
                                Wilkins
Type of Legislation:            General Bill



History


Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
____  ______  ____________  ______________________________  ___  ____________

3771  House   19930324      Introduced, read first time,    20
                            referred to Committee

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-315 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE DEER HUNTING WITH DOGS IN GAME ZONES 1, 2, AND 4; TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-150, RELATING TO HUNTING IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE WILDLIFE AND MARINE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH SEASONS, BAG LIMITS, AND METHODS FOR TAKING GAME ONLY IN THOSE AREAS AND PROVIDE FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ESTABLISH ITS REQUIREMENTS FOR TAKING GAME ON PRIVATE LAND; TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-310, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE OPEN SEASON FOR TAKING ANTLERED DEER, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISIONS FOR THE WILDLIFE AND MARINE RESOURCES COMMISSION TO SET THE SEASON FOR GAME ZONES 1, 2, AND 4 AND PROVIDE FOR THE SEASON IN THOSE GAME ZONES; TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-335, RELATING TO THE BAG LIMIT ON ANTLERED DEER, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION FOR THE COMMISSION TO SET THE LIMIT IN GAME ZONES 1, 2, AND 4 AND PROVIDE FOR THE LIMIT IN THOSE GAME ZONES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-390, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT REGARDING ANTLERLESS DEER, SO AS TO DELETE SEPARATE PROVISIONS FOR GAME ZONES 1, 2, AND 4.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-11-315. Notwithstanding South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department Regulation 123.40-5.4, deer hunting with dogs is authorized within Game Zones 1, 2, and 4."

SECTION 2. Section 50-9-150 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-9-150. (A) The South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department shall promulgate regulations requiring persons sixteen years of age and above who hunt on wildlife management areas to purchase a permit. The annual cost of a permit is not more than thirty dollars and fifty cents for state residents and not more than seventy-six dollars for nonresidents. The permit is valid for the year in which it is issued. One dollar of the permit cost may be retained by the issuing agent and the balance paid to the department. The funds so derived by the department must be retained and used exclusively for the procurement of wildlife management areas by rent, lease, or exchange and the management of the areas. The number of nonresident permits sold during a particular year shall may not exceed the ratio of the number of nonresident permits sold for the previous year versus all permits sold to both residents and nonresidents for the previous year times the total number of permits sold in the previous year to both residents and nonresidents. Permits issued for one day only must be issued at a cost of no more than five dollars and fifty cents for state residents. The one-day permits will be issued from the department headquarters only upon the request of a hunter who has been drawn to participate in a wildlife department sponsored hunt.

(B) The department may not lease any land for the Wildlife Management Area Program which, during the preceding twenty-four months, has been held under a private hunting lease by a club or individual. This restriction does not apply if the former lessee executes a voluntary consent to the proposed wildlife management area lease, if the lessor cancels the lease for cause, or to lands which during the twenty-four months prior to before June 5, 1986, were in the game management area program. The department may not pay more than the fair market value in the area for any a lease acquired under this program. The department may not have under lease at any one time more than one million, six hundred thousand acres in the Wildlife Management Area Program. The department may shall promulgate regulations to establish open and closed seasons, bag limits, and methods for taking game only on all wildlife management areas. Open and closed seasons, bag limits, and methods for taking game on private land must be established by the General Assembly."

SECTION 3. Section 50-11-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 316 of 1992, 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. 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.: October twelfth through January first on private lands only;

(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 August thirty-first with bow and arrow only; antlered deer from and September first through January first with firearms and. Antlerless deer from may be taken December fifteenth through January first with bow and arrow only.;

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

(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 4. Section 50-11-335 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

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

(1) Game Zone 1: five a season on private lands;

(2) Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: As set by the commission. seven a season on private lands;

Game Zone 8: Five antlered deer a season.

(3) Game Zone 7: one antlered deer a day not to exceed five a season.;

(4) Game Zone Zones 8 and 10: five antlered deer a season.

(B) For all other game zones, there is no day or season limit on antlered deer."

SECTION 5. Section 50-11-390(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 43 of 1991, is further amended to read:

"(A) In Game Zones 1, 2, and 4 the department may declare open seasons and set bag limits and methods of hunting and taking antlerless deer provided in Sections 50-11-120 and 50-11-410.

In all other game zones the department may declare open seasons, set bag limits and methods of hunting and taking antlerless deer, and issue antlerless deer quota permits of fifty dollars each to landowners or lessees for the hunting and taking of antlerless deer. Derived revenue must be used to administer the permits and conduct deer research and management statewide."

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

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