Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 3455 Ratification Number: 620 Act Number 543 Introducing Body: House Subject: Possession, sale, or importation of live wolves or coyotes
(A543, R620, H3455)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-125 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO SELL LIVE WOLVES OR COYOTES WITHIN THE STATE OR TO SHIP OR IMPORT LIVE WOLVES OR COYOTES INTO THIS STATE, EXCEPT FOR EXHIBITION OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE WILDLIFE AND MARINE RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT HAVE A LIVE WOLF OR COYOTE IN HIS POSSESSION WITHOUT A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Possession, sale, or importation of live wolves or coyotes
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-11-125. It is unlawful to sell live wolves or coyotes within the State or to ship or import live wolves or coyotes into this State, except for exhibition or scientific purposes upon the approval of the department as provided by regulations promulgated by the department. A person may not have a live a wolf or coyote in his possession without a permit issued by the department."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.