Current Status Bill Number:487 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950209 Primary Sponsor:Giese All Sponsors:Giese Drafted Document Number:PFM\7149BDW.95 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Fish, Game and Forestry Committee 07 SFGF Subject:Hunting of game
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Senate 19950209 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-70 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE HUNTING OF GAME UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, PROVIDE PENALTIES AND EXCEPTIONS, AND DEFINE TERMS; TO REPEAL SECTION 50-11-355 RELATING TO THE HUNTING OF DEER NEAR RESIDENCES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-11-70. It is unlawful to hunt big game within three hundred yards of a residence, business, or private or public dock without permission of the owner and occupant. It is unlawful to hunt small game and migratory waterfowl within two hundred yards of a residence, business, or private or public dock without permission of the owner and occupant. A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. This section does not apply to a landowner hunting on his own land."
SECTION 2. Section 50-11-355 of the 1976 Code is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.