South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 4567


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       4567
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19980204
Primary Sponsor:                   Witherspoon 
All Sponsors:                      Witherspoon 
Drafted Document Number:           kgh\15373mm.98
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Agriculture, Natural Resources
                                   & Environmental Affairs Com 20
                                   HANR
Subject:                           Migratory game bird permit
                                   required for hunting, taking, etc.;
                                   Fish and Game, Natural Resources
                                   Department



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19980204  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee

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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 9, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HUNT, FISH, AND TRAP LICENSES, BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-535 SO AS TO REQUIRE A MIGRATORY GAME BIRD PERMIT FOR HUNTING, TAKING, OR POSSESSING MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code 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 at no cost from the department. Migratory game birds include doves, ducks, geese, woodcocks, marsh hens, rails, common snipes, common moorhens, and purple gallinules, families: Columbidae, Anatidae, Rallidae, and Scolopacidae."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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