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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.670 Ratification Number:134 Act Number:75 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990330 Primary Sponsor:Elliott All Sponsors:Elliott Drafted Document Number:l:\s-res\de\015deer.dmb.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990528 Date of Last Amendment:19990421 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19990611 Subject:Deer hunting prohibited within three yards of residence unless landowner hunting on own land; Fish and Game History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19990702 Act No. A75 ------ 19990611 Signed by Governor ------ 19990609 Ratified R134 House 19990528 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19990527 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on the next Legislative day House 19990526 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR House 19990427 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Senate 19990422 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19990421 Amended, read second time Senate 19990413 Recalled from Committee, 07 SFGF placed on the Calendar Senate 19990330 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 13, 1999 - Word format Revised on April 21, 1999 - Word format Revised on May 26, 1999 - Word format
(A75, R134, S670)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-355, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE HUNTING OF DEER NEAR RESIDENCES SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A LANDOWNER HUNTING ON HIS OWN LAND OR A PERSON TAKING DEER PURSUANT TO A DEPARTMENT PERMIT ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITION AGAINST HUNTING WITHIN THREE HUNDRED YARDS OF A RESIDENCE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Deer hunting
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-355 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 50-11-355. It is unlawful to hunt deer within three hundred yards of a residence without permission of the owner and occupant. Anyone 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 not more than thirty days. The provisions of this section do not apply to a landowner hunting on his own land or a person taking deer pursuant to a department permit."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 9th day of June, 1999.
Approved the 11th day of June, 1999.
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