Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:5094 Ratification Number:627 Act Number:495 Primary Sponsor:Rhoad Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Quail season in Game Zone No. 8 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19940531 Computer Document Number:NO5/7790BDW.94 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19940714 Introduced Date:19940414 Date of Last Amendment:19940526 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:19940714 Last History Type:Act No. 495 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rhoad Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- ------------ 5094 ------ 19940714 Act No. 495 5094 ------ 19940714 Signed by Governor 5094 ------ 19940602 Ratified R 627 5094 House 19940531 Concurred in Senate amendment, enrolled for ratification 5094 Senate 19940526 Amended, read third time, returned to House with amendments 5094 Senate 19940525 Read second time, notice of general amendments 5094 Senate 19940524 Recalled from Committee, 07 placed on Calendar 5094 Senate 19940505 Introduced, read first time, 07 referred to Committee 5094 House 19940505 Read third time, sent to Senate 5094 House 19940504 Read second time 5094 House 19940414 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without referenceView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A495, R627, H5094)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-120, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE HUNTING SEASON FOR SMALL GAME, SO AS TO REVISE THE QUAIL SEASON IN GAME ZONE 8; TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-140, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO NONRESIDENT SHOOTING PRESERVE HUNTING LICENSES, SO AS TO INCLUDE RESIDENT LICENSES AND REVISE THE COST OF THE LICENSES; AND TO CREATE AND PROVIDE FOR THE COMMISSION ON SPORTING DOGS AND FIELD TRIALS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Quail season in Game Zone 8 revised
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-120(A)(8)(e) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by an act of 1994 bearing ratification number 325, is further amended to read:
"(e) quail: October first through the day before Thanksgiving Day without weapons; Thanksgiving Day through March first with weapons;"
Nonresident and resident shooting preserve hunting licenses; cost
SECTION 2. Section 50-9-140 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-9-140. The department may distribute and regulate the issuance of special resident and nonresident shooting preserve hunting licenses, applicable for the entire preserve season on any preserve in the State, for specified released species only, at a cost not to exceed five dollars for residents and eight dollars and fifty cents for nonresidents."
Commission on Sporting Dogs and Field Trials
SECTION 3. (A) The South Carolina Commission on Sporting Dogs and Field Trials is created to assess the economic, environmental, and recreational impact on the State for developing field trial facilities and to develop a state plan for providing the facilities. The commission is composed of five members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(1) two representatives of pointing/retriever organizations in the State;
(2) two representatives of houndsmen's organizations in the State which hold field trials for the purpose of judging beagles and hounds;
(3) one at-large member with field trial knowledge and experience who shall serve as the chairman of the commission.
(B) The members of the commission are not eligible for per diem, mileage, or subsistence.
(C) A nonvoting advisory committee to the commission shall provide information and staff assistance as needed. The members of the advisory committee who shall serve ex officio are the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, and Director of the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission. The chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and the chairman of the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee each shall appoint one member to the advisory committee.
(D) In conducting its study and in developing the state plan, the commission may consult with the South Carolina Natural Resources Department, the State Commission of Forestry, and other state or local private or public agencies or organizations interested in or impacted by recreational field trials.
(E) By January 1, 1999, the commission shall submit its findings and state plan to the Governor, the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, and the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee.
(F) The commission terminates January 1, 1999, unless extended by the General Assembly.
Time effective
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of July, 1994.