Bill 425

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               425
Ratification Number:       170
Act Number                 119
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Open season for hunting raccoon and
                           opossum

(A119, R170, S425)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-970, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AND ACT 485 OF 1976, RELATING TO OPEN AND CLOSED SEASONS FOR THE HUNTING OF GAME IN GAME ZONE 9 AND NIGHT HUNTING OF RACCOON AND OPOSSUM, SO AS TO CHANGE THE OPEN SEASON FOR HUNTING RACCOON AND OPOSSUM AND TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SUCH ANIMALS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN BY NIGHT HUNTERS IN GAME ZONE 9.

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

Open season for hunting raccoon and opossum

SECTION 1. Item (5) of Section 50-11-970 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 10 of Act 485 of 1976, is further amended to read:

"(5) The open season for hunting raccoon and opossum shall be from August fifteenth to April fifteenth, inclusive; provided, that raccoon and opossum may be hunted without firearms from August fifteenth through October fourteenth and from March sixteenth through April fifteenth."

Hunting party defined

SECTION 2. Section 11 of Act 485 of 1976 is amended by striking on line one "and 4" and inserting ", 4 and 9". The section when amended shall read:

"Section 11. In Game Zones Nos. l, 2, 4 and 9 it shall be unlawful for any person or any hunting party to take more than three raccoons or more than three opossums per night. For the purpose of this section 'hunting party' shall mean any group of persons engaged in the hunting of raccoons or opossums together; and 'night' shall mean that period from official sundown to official sunrise of the following day."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.