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H. 3931
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Snow and Kennedy
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9730djc03.doc
Introduced in the House on April 2, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Summary: Traps
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/2/2003 House Introduced and read first time HJ-100
4/2/2003 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs HJ-100
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-2460, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRAPS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN BODY GRIPPING TRAPS MAY BE USED WITHOUT BAIT OR SCENTS FOR VERTICAL WATER SETS AND VERTICAL SLIDE SETS ONLY, TO REPEAL SECTIONS 50-11-2410, PROHIBITING THE USE OF CERTAIN TRAPS AND 50-11-2415, RELATING TO THE USE OF CERTAIN RUBBER PADDED STEEL FOOT-HOLD TRAPS TO CAPTURE FOX.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-2460 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-11-2460. The following traps are allowed for trapping in accordance with an approved commercial fur license:
(1) body gripping traps (generally known by the brand name 'Conibear') as provided in Section 50-11-2410 when used without bait or scents for water sets and vertical slide sets only;
(2) live traps;
(3) foot-hold traps as provided in Section 50-11-2410 of a size number two or smaller for land sets and a size number three or smaller for water sets.
All other traps, including 'deadfall' traps, are unlawful unless expressly authorized by the department by regulation.
All traps must bear the owner's name and address either directly thereon on them or by an attached identification tag."
SECTION 2. Sections 50-11-2410 and 50-11-2415 of the 1976 Code are repealed.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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