South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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A23, R44, S597

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Campsen, Hutto, Bryant, Verdin and Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20232sd07.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3614

Introduced in the Senate on March 20, 2007
Introduced in the House on April 10, 2007
Passed by the General Assembly on May 2, 2007
Governor's Action: May 14, 2007, Signed

Summary: Youth hunter

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/20/2007  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-12
   3/20/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-12
   3/28/2007  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-29
   3/29/2007  Senate  Read second time SJ-14
    4/3/2007  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-22
   4/10/2007  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-23
   4/10/2007  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-23
   4/25/2007  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-3
    5/1/2007  House   Read second time HJ-19
    5/2/2007  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-21
    5/9/2007          Ratified R 44
   5/14/2007          Signed By Governor
   5/16/2007          Copies available
   5/16/2007          Effective date 05/14/07
   5/22/2007          Act No. 23

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/20/2007
3/28/2007
4/25/2007


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A23, R44, S597)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-740, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH HUNTING DAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE MAY BE A YOUTH HUNTER.

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

Youth hunters

SECTION    1.    Section 50-9-740 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 299 of 2000, is amended to read:

"Section 50-9-740.    (A)    The department may select one or more days to designate as a 'South Carolina Youth Hunting Day', in addition to the regular seasons for a species of wild game. A youth hunting day must be held outside a regular season on a weekend, holiday, or other nonschool day when a youth hunter may have the maximum opportunity to participate. The day may be held up to fourteen days before or after a regular season framework or within a split of a regular season, or within another open season.

(B)    A person who is less than eighteen years of age may be a youth hunter. A licensed adult at least twenty-one years of age must accompany a youth hunter in the field and may not harvest or attempt to harvest game during this special hunting event. A license requirement specified in this chapter is waived on a youth hunting day under this section for a youth hunter. A daily harvest limit remains the same as allowed during regular seasons for each species of game."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 9th day of May, 2007.

Approved the 14th day of May, 2007.

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