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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
February 2, 2006
S. 1095
S. Printed 2/2/06--S.
Read the first time January 31, 2006.
TO AMEND SECTION 50-16-25, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RELEASING OR TRANSPORTING PIGS FOR HUNTING OR ESTABLISHING A FREE ROAMING POPULATION OF PIGS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS OFFENSE DOES NOT APPLY WHEN PIGS ARE CAPTURED AND TRANSPORTED SOLELY FOR RELEASE INTO A CONTROLLED AND CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-16-25 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 13 of 2005, is amended to read:
"Section 50-16-25. It is unlawful to release or transport for the purpose of release a member of the family Suidae (pig) for hunting purposes or in an attempt to establish or supplement a free roaming population; however, a landowner may capture and release a pig so long as: (1) the pig is captured pursuant to a permit issued without charge by the Department of Natural Resources, and (2) the pig is released on the same tract on which the pig was captured or on an adjoining tract with permission of the owner of the adjoining tract. Under no circumstances may a pig be released in a county other than the county in which the pig was captured."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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