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Bill 4917

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4917
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020319
Primary Sponsor:                  Lucas
All Sponsors:                     Lucas and Freeman
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5236cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Agriculture, Natural Resources and 
                                  Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR
Subject:                          Pine straw, illegal removal of from a 
                                  person's land or public property


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020319  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 16-3-1095 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO REMOVE, OR AID IN THE REMOVAL OF PINE NEEDLES OR PINE STRAW FROM A PERSON'S LAND OR FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO ENTER A PERSON'S LAND OR PUBLIC PROPERTY WITH THE INTENT TO RAKE OR REMOVE PINE NEEDLES OR PINE STRAW UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF THESE PROVISIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE SIZE, PLACEMENT, AND CONTENT OF NOTICES, SIGNS, OR POSTERS THAT ARE PLACED ON A PERSON'S PROPERTY THAT PROHIBIT THE RAKING OR REMOVAL OF PINE NEEDLES OR PINE STRAW.

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

SECTION    1.    The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 16-3-1095.    (A)    A person who removes or aids in the removal of pine needles or pine straw with the intent to steal the pine needles or pine straw that is being produced on the land of another person upon which notices, signs, or posters which prohibit the raking or removal of pine needles or pine straw have been placed, or on public lands is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years.

    (B)    A person who wilfully enters the land of another person with the intent to rake or remove pine needles or pine straw without the written consent of the landowner or his agent who has placed on the land notices, signs, or posters which prohibit the raking or removal of pine needles or pine straw, or who wilfully enters public lands with the intent to rake or remove pine needles or pine straw without the consent of the public body that controls the property is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than two years.

    (C)    The notices, signs, or posters contained in sections (A) and (B) must measure not less than one hundred twenty square inches and must be conspicuously posted on private lands not more than two hundred yards apart along the boundaries of the land. At least one notice, sign, or poster must be posted on each side boundary of the land, and at each corner boundary of the land if the corner boundary is ascertainable."

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

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