South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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Bill 5062


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO OFFER A LICENSE, PERMIT, OR TAG MADE OF A DURABLE MATERIAL AND TO ESTABLISH A FEE.

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

SECTION 1.    Section 50-9-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 50-9-40.    (A)    The department shall:

        (1)    prescribe the form of the license and method by which licenses, permits, and tags must be distributed and sold; and

        (2)    offer licenses, permits, and tags made of a durable material, such as plastic or a similar product, to an applicant. The fee for these licenses, permits, and tags is six dollars and a license sales vendor may retain one dollar of this fee.

    (B)    The department shall establish procedures and agreements for allowing license sales vendors to sell and distribute certain department licenses and permits.

    (C)    License and permit fees collected by a license sales vendor, except for any sales vendor's retained fee, must be remitted to the department in the time and manner prescribed by the department."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect on July 1, 2021.

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