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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.969 Ratification Number:318 Act Number:257 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20020205 Primary Sponsor:Martin All Sponsors:Martin Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5089djc02.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20020510 Date of Last Amendment:20020228 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20020520 Subject:Wildlife management area lands, certain activities defined as unlawful History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20020603 Act No. A257 ------ 20020520 Signed by Governor ------ 20020514 Ratified R318 House 20020510 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 20020509 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on the next Legislative day House 20020508 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR House 20020306 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Senate 20020305 Read third time, sent to House Senate 20020228 Amended, read second time, notice of general amendments Senate 20020227 Committee report: Favorable with 07 SFGF amendment Senate 20020205 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on February 27, 2002 - Word format Revised on February 28, 2002 - Word format Revised on May 8, 2002 - Word format
(A257, R318, S969)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-2210, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL ABUSE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ARE UNLAWFUL ABUSES OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-2220, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR ABUSING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO ENTER ONTO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LANDS AFTER LOSING THE PRIVILEGE TO ENTER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LANDS, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Abuse of wildlife management area land and improvements unlawful; penalties
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-2210 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-11-2210. The abuse, misuse, damage, or destruction of wildlife management area land or improvements on wildlife management area land is unlawful. A person who abuses, misuses, damages, or destroys wildlife management area land or improvements on them including, but not limited to, roads, vegetation, buildings, structures, or fences or leaves refuse, trash, or other debris on the property or sets, makes, or builds a fire except in an area specially designated by the landowner, operates a motor conveyance in an area or on a road closed to operation, conducts target practice except in a designated target practice area, camps in an area not designated as a campsite, disregards a safety or restrictive posting by the landowner, or who otherwise abuses, damages, destroys, or misuses a wildlife management area is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined two hundred dollars and be required to make restitution to the landowner in an amount determined by the court to be necessary to repair, rebuild, clean up, or restore the property to its condition before the abuse occurred. A person failing to make restitution within the time limit set by the court must serve a mandatory ten-day sentence in the county jail which may not be suspended in whole or in part. The provisions of this section are in addition to other criminal penalties."
Additional penalties for abuse of wildlife management area land; loss of privilege to enter wildlife management areas
SECTION 2. Section 50-11-2220 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-11-2220. A person convicted of violating Section 50-11-2210 twice within a three-year period, in addition to the penalties incurred for violating Section 50-11-2210, must lose the privilege of entering onto wildlife management area land for one year. A person who enters a wildlife management area after losing the privilege to enter wildlife management areas is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days and must have the privilege to hunt or fish suspended for one year. The provisions of this section are in addition to other criminal penalties."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 14th day of May, 2002.
Approved the 20th day of May, 2002.
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