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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.317 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010214 Primary Sponsor:Gregory All Sponsors:Gregory and Peeler Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5156djc01.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Subject:Furbearing animals, procedures for taking of by depredation permit or commercial fur license holders; Fish and Game History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20010315 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Senate 20010314 Read third time, sent to House Senate 20010301 Read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20010228 Committee report: Favorable 07 SFGF Senate 20010214 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on February 28, 2001 - Word format
COMMITTEE REPORT
February 28, 2001
S. 317
S. Printed 2/28/01--S.
Read the first time February 14, 2001.
To whom was referred a Bill (S. 317) to amend Section 50-11-2570, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to issuance of special permits to capture destructive animals, so as to provide that a person taking a furbearing animal, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:
GREG GREGORY, for Committee.
TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-2570, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PERMITS TO CAPTURE DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON TAKING A FURBEARING ANIMAL UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A DEPREDATION PERMIT MAY DISPOSE OF THE ANIMAL COMMERCIALLY IF THE PERSON TAKING THE ANIMAL HAS A VALID COMMERCIAL FUR LICENSE AND THE PELT OF THE ANIMAL IS TAGGED AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON TAKING FURBEARING ANIMALS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A DEPREDATION PERMIT MUST REPORT THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF ANIMALS TAKEN TO THE FURBEARER BIOLOGIST OF THE DIVISION OF WILDLIFE AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-2570 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 340 of 1994, is further amended by adding:
"(C) A person taking a furbearing animal under the authority of a depredation permit may dispose of the animal commercially if the person taking the animal has a valid commercial fur license and the pelt of the animal is tagged as required by law. A person taking furbearing animals under the authority of a depredation permit must report the number and type of animals taken to the furbearer biologist of the department's Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries on forms prescribed by the department within twenty-one days of the expiration of the permit."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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