South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 238


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COMMITTEE REPORT

May 11, 1999

S. 238

Introduced by Senator Giese

S. Printed 5/11/99--S.

Read the first time January 12, 1999.

THE COMMITTEE ON FISH, GAME AND FORESTRY

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 238), to amend Section 50-11-355, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to hunting deer near a residence, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 1, by striking line 25 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

/ the owner and occupant or within three hundred yards of property owned by a school district or private school while being used for school sanctioned activities. /

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.

HARVEY S. PEELER, JR., for Committee.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-355, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HUNTING DEER NEAR A RESIDENCE, SO AS TO ALSO PROHIBIT HUNTING WITHIN THREE HUNDRED YARDS OF A SCHOOL.

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-11-355 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-11-355. It is unlawful to hunt take deer with a rifle within three hundred yards of a residence without permission of the owner and occupant or within three hundred yards of a school. Anyone violating the provisions of 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. The provisions of This section do does not apply to a landowner or a landowner's permittee hunting on his own land the landowner's property".

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

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