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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.538 Type of Legislation:Joint Resolution JR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990225 Primary Sponsor:Moore All Sponsors:Moore Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\tlm\008coon.jjj.doc Companion Bill Number:3591 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Fish, Game and Forestry Committee 07 SFGF Subject:Raccoons, hunting season shortened and certain time allowed to hunt with dogs; Fish and Game History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19990225 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO PROVIDE FOR A THREE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM IN ALL GAME ZONES OF THE STATE TO SHORTEN THE HUNTING SEASON FOR RACCOONS TO A PERIOD FROM THANKSGIVING DAY THROUGH MARCH 1; TO ALLOW HUNTING WITH DOGS ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR; AND TO IMPOSE A MINIMUM FINE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A PERSON VIOLATING THESE PROVISIONS, WITH EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE FINE RETAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TWENTY PERCENT OF THE FINE FORWARDED TO THE APPROPRIATE GAME FUND IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION OCCURRED.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is established a three-year pilot program regulating raccoon hunting in all game zones in the State. During the three-year duration of this pilot program, the following provisions apply in all game zones:
(1) The season for hunting raccoons is Thanksgiving Day through March 1, with weapons and dogs; and March 2 through the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, without weapons and with dogs only.
(2) A person who violates a provision of this section is subject to a fine of at least five hundred dollars, with eighty percent of the fine retained by the Department of Natural Resources and used for law enforcement and twenty percent of the fine forwarded to the appropriate county game fund in the county in which the violation occurred.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor, and is effective from August 15, 1999 through August 14, 2002.
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