Current Status Bill Number:4338 Ratification Number:514 Act Number:427 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960109 Primary Sponsor:Sharpe All Sponsors:Sharpe, Witherspoon, Riser, Seithel Drafted Document Number:PFM\7717SD.96 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960530 Date of Last Amendment:19960530 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960618 Subject:Antlered deer
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19960626 Act No. A427
------ 19960618 Signed by Governor
------ 19960613 Ratified R514
Senate 19960530 Concurred in House amendment,
enrolled for ratification
House 19960530 Senate amendments amended,
returned to Senate with amendment
Senate 19960524 Read third time, returned to House
with amendment
Senate 19960523 Amended, read second time,
unanimous consent for third reading
on Friday, 19960524
Senate 19960523 Recalled from Committee 07 SFGF
Senate 19960208 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF
referred to Committee
House 19960208 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 19960207 Read second time
House 19960131 Objection by Representative Walker
Marchbanks
Simrill
Sharpe
Witherspoon
Vaughn
McMahand
Anderson
Littlejohn
Sandifer
Inabinett
Trotter
Koon
Riser
House 19960131 Amended
House 19960130 Debate adjourned until
Wednesday, 19960131
House 19960124 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR
House 19960109 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR
referred to Committee
House 19951206 Prefiled, referred to Committee 20 HANR
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(A427, R514, H4338)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OPEN SEASON FOR ANTLERED DEER, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ON PRIVATE LAND, BETWEEN OCTOBER 11 AND JANUARY 1, MUST NOT ESTABLISH MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHERE DEER MAY NOT BE HUNTED OR TAKEN WITH MODERN FIREARMS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Open season for antlered deer
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-310(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(A) The open season for taking antlered deer is:
(1) Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: as set by the department between October first and January first. The department 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 game zones; however, in Game Zone 4, on private land only between October 11 and January 1, the department must not establish more than two consecutive days where deer may not be hunted or taken with modern firearms."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of June, 1996.