South Carolina General Assembly
119th Session, 2011-2012

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A20, R40, H3276

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. White, Owens, Bikas, Sellers, Ott and Clemmons
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3114sd11.docx

Introduced in the House on January 12, 2011
Introduced in the Senate on February 16, 2011
Passed by the General Assembly on April 27, 2011
Governor's Action: No signature required

Summary: Hunting and fishing

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/12/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 17)
   1/12/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 18)
   1/27/2011  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Owens, Bikas
    2/9/2011  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 5)
   2/10/2011  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sellers, Ott, 
                        Clemmons
   2/15/2011  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 20)
   2/15/2011  House   Roll call Yeas-102  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 20)
   2/16/2011  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 19)
   2/16/2011  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 12)
   2/16/2011  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
    3/7/2011  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott
   4/20/2011  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 11)
   4/26/2011  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 16)
   4/26/2011  Senate  Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 16)
   4/27/2011  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 8)
    5/5/2011          Ratified R 40
    5/5/2011          No signature required
   5/13/2011          Effective date 05/05/11
   5/17/2011          Act No. 20

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/12/2011
2/9/2011
4/20/2011


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A20, R40, H3276)

AN ACT TO RATIFY AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS UNDER THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION, BY ADDING SECTION 25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT HUNTING AND FISHING ARE VALUABLE PARTS OF THE STATE'S HERITAGE, IMPORTANT FOR CONSERVATION, AND A PROTECTED MEANS OF MANAGING NONTHREATENED WILDLIFE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITIZENS OF SOUTH CAROLINA SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HUNT, FISH, AND HARVEST WILDLIFE TRADITIONALLY PURSUED, SUBJECT TO LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROMOTING SOUND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT AS PRESCRIBED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO SPECIFY THAT THIS SECTION MUST NOT BE CONSTRUED TO ABROGATE ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, EXISTING STATE LAWS OR REGULATIONS, OR THE STATE'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER ITS NATURAL RESOURCES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Constitutional amendment ratified

SECTION    1.    The amendment to Article I of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, prepared under the terms of Joint Resolution 3483 of 2009, having been submitted to the qualified electors at the General Election of 2010 as prescribed in Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and a favorable vote having been received on the amendment, is ratified and declared to be a part of the Constitution so that Article I is amended by adding Section 25:

"Section 25.    The traditions of hunting and fishing are valuable parts of the state's heritage, important for conservation, and a protected means of managing nonthreatened wildlife. The citizens of this State have the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife traditionally pursued, subject to laws and regulations promoting sound wildlife conservation and management as prescribed by the General Assembly. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abrogate any private property rights, existing state laws or regulations, or the state's sovereignty over its natural resources."

Ratified the 5th day of May, 2011.

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