Current Status Bill Number:1310 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19960402 Primary Sponsor:Mescher All Sponsors:Mescher Drafted Document Number:res9967.wcm Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Fish, Game and Forestry Committee 07 SFGF Subject:Ferrets deleted as wild carnivores
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Senate 19960402 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF
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TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF WILD CARNIVORES AS PETS, SO AS TO DELETE THE REFERENCE TO FERRETS AND EXEMPT THEM FROM THE PROHIBITION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 47-5-50. No carnivores, which are normally are not domesticated, may be sold as a pet in this State. Such The carnivores shall include animals known to be reservoirs of rabies, such as raccoons, foxes, skunks, and bobcats and such related species, including, but not limited to, coyotes, wolves, weasels, ferrets, civet cats, spotted skunks, or and lynx. Any such An animal provided for in this section and kept by an individual shall must not be allowed to run at large and then be returned to confinement. A normally wild animal indigenous to this State may, if held captive for a period of time, may be released to the wild. This section does not apply to ferrets. However, no ferret may be sold in this State without proper vaccination against rabies. A person who purchases or possesses a ferret shall maintain proper vaccination treatment for it annually."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.