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Bill 538

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      538
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990225
Primary Sponsor:                  Moore
All Sponsors:                     Moore
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\tlm\008coon.jjj.doc
Companion Bill Number:            3591
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Fish, Game and Forestry Committee 07 SFGF
Subject:                          Raccoons, hunting season shortened and 
                                  certain time allowed to hunt with dogs; Fish 
                                  and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990225  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO PROVIDE FOR A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM IN ALL GAME ZONES OF THE STATE TO SHORTEN THE HUNTING SEASON FOR RACCOONS TO A PERIOD FROM THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH MARCH 1; TO ALLOW HUNTING WITH DOGS ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR; AND TO IMPOSE A MINIMUM FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A PERSON VIOLATING THESE PROVISIONS, WITH EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE FINE RETAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TWENTY PERCENT OF THE FINE FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE GAME FUND IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is established a three-year pilot program regulating raccoon hunting in all game zones in the State. During the three-year duration of this pilot program, the following provisions apply in all game zones:

(1) The season for hunting raccoons is Thanksgiving Day through March 1, with weapons and dogs; and March 2 through the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, without weapons and with dogs only.

(2) A person who violates a provision of this section is subject to a fine of at least five hundred dollars, with eighty percent of the fine retained by the Department of Natural Resources and used for law enforcement and twenty percent of the fine forwarded to the appropriate county game fund in the county in which the violation occurred.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor, and is effective from August 15, 1999 through August 14, 2002.

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