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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Toole, Duncan, Huggins and M.A. Pitts
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20307sd07.doc
Introduced in the House on April 12, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Summary: Hunting
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/12/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-36
4/12/2007 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs HJ-36
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-525 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE WHO OBTAINS A STATE NONRESIDENT PERMIT OR LICENSE ALLOWING HIM TO HUNT BIG GAME IN THIS STATE IS NOT PERMITTED TO HUNT DEER IN A PARTICULAR GAME ZONE UNTIL THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE OPEN SEASON FOR DEER HAS BEGUN IN THAT GAME ZONE AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 9, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-9-525. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is not a resident of this State and who obtains a state nonresident permit or license allowing him to hunt big game in this State is not permitted to hunt deer in a particular game zone until thirty days after the open season for deer has begun in that game zone. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, must be punished in the same manner he would be punished for hunting without a license."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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