South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 24


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       24
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19970114
Primary Sponsor:                   Mescher 
All Sponsors:                      Mescher 
Drafted Document Number:           res1104.wcm
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Agriculture, Natural Resources
                                   & Environmental Affairs Com 20
                                   HANR
Date of Last Amendment:            19970312
Subject:                           Ferrets, reference to as wild
                                   carnivores deleted, animals



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19970318  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19970313  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19970312  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on
                  Thursday, 19970313
Senate  19970312  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19970311  Committee report: Favorable with         01 SANR
                  amendment
Senate  19970114  Introduced, read first time,             01 SANR
                  referred to Committee

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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 12, 1997

S. 24

Introduced by Senator Mescher

S. Printed 3/12/97--S.

Read the first time January 14, 1997.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF WILD CARNIVORES AS PETS, SO AS TO DELETE THE REFERENCE TO FERRETS AND EXEMPT THEM FROM THE PROHIBITION.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 47-5-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 47-5-50 (A). No carnivores, which are normally are not domesticated, may be sold as a pet in this State. Such The carnivores shall include animals known to be reservoirs of rabies, such as raccoons, foxes, skunks, and bobcats and such related species, including, but not limited to, coyotes, wolves, weasels, ferrets, civet cats, spotted skunks, or and lynx. Any such An animal provided for in this section and kept by an individual shall must not be allowed to run at large and then be returned to confinement. A normally wild animal indigenous to this State may, if held captive for a period of time, may be released to the wild. This section does not apply to ferrets. However, no ferret may be sold in this State without proper vaccination against rabies. A person who purchases or possesses a ferret shall maintain proper vaccination treatment for it annually.

(B) Purchasers of a ferret must be provided with a notice not less than eight inches by eleven inches which shall bear the following inscription in letters not less than three-fourths inch high:

'FERRETS HAVE A PROPENSITY TO MAKE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS THAT CAUSE BODILY INJURY TO A HUMAN BEING.'

(C) Each business establishment in this State, to which has been issued a retail sales tax license, which offers ferrets for sale must prominently display a notice not less than eight inches by eleven inches which shall bear the following inscription in letters not less than three-fourths inch high:

'FERRETS HAVE A PROPENSITY TO MAKE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS THAT CAUSE BODILY INJURY TO A HUMAN BEING.'"

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

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