Bill 3260

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3260
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970116
Primary Sponsor:                   Witherspoon
All Sponsors:                      Witherspoon, Limehouse, Edge,
                                   Seithel, McCraw, Phillips, Whatley,
                                   Lanford, Barfield, Miller and Battle
                                   
Drafted Document Number:           council\legis\bills
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Agriculture, Natural Resources
                                   & Environmental Affairs Com 20
                                   HANR
Subject:                           Venison, sale of in eating
                                   establishments; fish and game, deer,
                                   businesses

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970116  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee

TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-1920, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF VENISON IN EATING ESTABLISHMENTS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-11-1920 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Section 1262, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-11-1920. (A) The proprietor of any an eating establishment who sells may sell or offers offer for sale venison only if the venison is nonnative from farm-raised deer and is processed through a government-approved facility. Before selling venison or offering it for sale, the eating establishment shall obtain a permit from the department at no cost. The eating establishment shall maintain adequate records to provide officials of the department information as to the source of the venison.

(B) The sale of whitetail deer, wild or farm-raised, is prohibited.

(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as for a violation of Section 50-11-1910.

(D) The provisions of this section do not apply to private functions unless the private function is catered by an eating establishment or catering company for a fee.

(E) Venison which is permitted to be sold under the provisions of this section may be sold as a separately prepared item or when mixed with other items offered by the establishment and then prepared and served."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.