Bill 3152

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3152
Ratification Number:       18
Act Number                 12
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Playcard Environmental Education Center
                           created

(A12, R18, H3152)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-915 SO AS TO CREATE THE PLAYCARD ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN HORRY COUNTY AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

Playcard Environmental Education Center created

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-11-915. The land owned, leased, or managed by the Playcard Environmental Education Center in Horry County is declared a sanctuary for the protection of game, birds, and other animals. There may be no hunting, fishing, or trespassing in the sanctuary. Fishing may be permitted only by written authorization from the management of the center.

The management of the center shall post along the outer boundaries of the land and mouths of all streams and creeks entering into the Playcard Environmental Education Center signs notifying the public that the area is a sanctuary and is closed to hunting and fishing except as authorized.

No flowers, shrubs, trees, or other plants may be damaged or removed from the park without permission from the management.

A person convicted of violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."

Time effective

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