Bill 3128

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3128
Ratification Number:       260
Act Number                 170
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Relating to hunting seasons for small
                           game

(A170, R260, H3128)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-120, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HUNTING SEASONS FOR SMALL GAME, SO AS TO REVISE THE SEASONS FOR RABBIT AND FOR QUAIL IN CERTAIN GAME ZONES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-150, RELATING TO BAG LIMITS, SO AS TO REVISE THE BAG LIMIT FOR RABBIT IN CERTAIN GAME ZONES.

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

Rabbit season revised

SECTION 1. Section 50-11-120 of the 1976 Code is amended by striking in Game Zones 1 through 11 the season for rabbit and inserting:

"Rabbit: September first to Thanksgiving Day without weapons; Thanksgiving Day to March first with weapons;".

Rabbit limits revised

SECTION 2. Section 50-11-150 of the 1976 Code is amended by striking in Game Zones 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 "Rabbit--no limit" and inserting "Rabbit--five a day".

Quail season revised

SECTION 3. Section 50-11-120 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end of Game Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10:

"Quail: October first to Thanksgiving Day without weapons; Thanksgiving Day through March first with weapons;".

Quail season in Game Zone 6 revised

SECTION 4. Section 50-11-120 (Game Zone 6) (Quail) is amended to read:

"Quail: Monday before Thanksgiving Day to the first Saturday in March with weapons; October first to the Monday before Thanksgiving Day without weapons;".

Quail season in Game Zone 11 revised

SECTION 5. Section 50-11-120 (Game Zone 11) (Quail) is amended to read:

"Quail: Monday before Thanksgiving Day through March first with weapons; October first to the Monday before Thanksgiving Day without weapons;".

Time effective

SECTION 6. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.