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Sponsors: Senator Hembree
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Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
Summary: Alligator management program
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/9/2020 Senate Prefiled
12/9/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
1/12/2021 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 206)
1/12/2021 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
(Senate Journal-page 206)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 50-15-500, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AN ALLIGATOR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MUST PRIORITIZE THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALLIGATOR PERMITS AND TAGS TO STATE RESIDENTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-15-500(B)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) The department may establish an alligator hunting season. The department may issue alligator permits and tags to allow hunting and taking of alligators in any game zone where alligators occur. If the department issues alligator permits and tags, residents shall receive priority for at least seventy percent of available permits and tags offered during an alligator hunting season. A person desiring to hunt and take alligators must apply to the department."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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