Current Status Bill Number:1003 Ratification Number:359 Act Number:305 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19980210 Primary Sponsor:Peeler All Sponsors:Peeler Drafted Document Number:res1588.hsp Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19980403 Date of Last Amendment:19980304 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19980528 Subject:Migratory game birds, to obtain permit from Natural Resources Department before hunting; Fish and Game
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19980611 Act No. A305 ------ 19980528 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 19980521 Ratified R359 House 19980403 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19980402 Unanimous consent for third reading on the next Legislative day House 19980402 Read second time House 19980401 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR House 19980310 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Senate 19980305 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19980304 Read second time Senate 19980304 Committee amendment adopted Senate 19980304 Committee amendment amended Senate 19980303 Committee report: Favorable with 07 SFGF amendment Senate 19980210 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A305, R359, S1003)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-535 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HUNT, TAKE, OR POSSESS MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A MIGRATORY GAME BIRD PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR THE PERMIT UNLESS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PERMIT MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO ALL HUNTING LICENSES AFTER FINAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MIGRATORY BIRD HARVEST INFORMATION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Permit
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 9 of Title 50 is amended by adding:
Section 50-9-535. It is unlawful to hunt, take, or possess migratory game birds without first obtaining a migratory game bird permit. The department may not charge a fee for this permit unless approved by the General Assembly. The permit required by this section must be integrated into and made a part of all hunting licenses after final implementation of the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 C.F.R. Part 20, Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program. Migratory game birds include doves, ducks, geese, woodcock, marsh hens, rails, common snipe, common moorhens, and purple gallinules (families: Columbidae, Anatidae, Rallidae, and Scolopacidae).
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 05/28/98.