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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Land
Document Path: l:\s-resmin\bills\land\smin0051.jcl.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1121
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
Summary: Deer hunting, landowner provisions
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/13/2004 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-29 1/13/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-29
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-355, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, SO AS TO EXCLUDE BOTH A LANDOWNER AND HIS GUEST FROM THE PROVISION REQUIRING PERMISSION OF THE OWNER AND OCCUPANT OF A RESIDENCE PRIOR TO HUNTING DEER WITHIN THREE HUNDRED YARDS OF A RESIDENCE WHEN THE LANDOWNER AND HIS GUEST ARE HUNTING ON THE LANDOWNER'S PROPERTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-355 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"50-11-355. It is unlawful to hunt deer within three hundred yards of a residence without permission of the owner and occupant. 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 not apply to a landowner and his guest hunting on his own land or a person taking deer pursuant to a department permit."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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