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Bill 37

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      37
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010110
Primary Sponsor:                  Land
All Sponsors:                     Land, McGill, Reese, Hutto
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\jcl\012deer.whb.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Fish, Game and Forestry Committee 07 SFGF
Subject:                          Deer, sale of; defined as native white 
                                  tail deer for purposes of; Fish and Game;  
                                  Agriculture, Food; Natural Resources


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010110  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-1910, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SALE OF DEER, SO AS TO DEFINE "DEER" AS "NATIVE WHITE TAIL DEER" (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS).

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-11-1910 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-11-1910. (A) For purposes of this section, `deer' is defined as `native white tail deer' (odocoileus virginianus).

(B) It is unlawful to buy or sell, offer for sale, barter, or have in possession for sale any a deer or part of a deer except the hide of legally taken deer. Hides from legally taken deer may be bought, sold, or bartered during the earliest open season for the taking of deer and for thirty calendar days following the end of the latest deer season.

(C) For a violation of this section, upon conviction, the guilty party for a first offense must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a second offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a third offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than sixty days."

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

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