Bill 1266

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    1266
Ratification Number:            370
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19960320
Primary Sponsor:                Gregory 
All Sponsors:                   Gregory 
Drafted Document Number:        gjk\22486dw.96
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19960510
Date of Last Amendment:         19960425
Governor's Action:              V
Date of Governor's Action:      19960520
Action on Governor's Veto:      S
Subject:                        Antlered deer season in Game Zone
                                No. 4

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19960522  Veto sustained
------  19960520  Vetoed by Governor
------  19960514  Ratified R370
House   19960510  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   19960509  Read second time, unanimous consent
                  for third reading on the next
                  Legislative day
House   19960508  Recalled from Committee                  20 HANR
House   19960430  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19960429  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19960425  Amended, read second time
Senate  19960424  Committee report: Favorable with         07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  19960320  Introduced, read first time,             07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee

(Rxxx, S1266)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OPEN SEASON FOR ANTLERED DEER, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PROVIDING A BREAK IN THE SEASON ON PRIVATE LANDS IN GAME ZONE 4 AND PROHIBITING THE DEPARTMENT FROM CLOSING ANY PART OF THE DEER SEASON IN WHICH FIREARMS ARE ALLOWED ON PRIVATE LANDS IN GAME ZONE 4.

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

Taking of deer

SECTION 1. Section 50-11-310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 375 of 1994, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-11-310. (A) The open season for taking antlered deer is:

(1) Game Zones 1, 2, and 4: as set by the department between October first and January first. The department may designate the sex of the deer that may be taken and may promulgate regulations for the proper control of the deer harvest in these game zones. However, the department may not provide for a break in the deer season on private lands in Game Zone 4, nor may the department close any part of the deer season in which firearms are allowed on private lands in Game Zone 4;

(2) Game Zones 5 and 7: with bow and arrow September first through January first and with firearms September fifteenth through January first;

(3) Game Zones 8 and 9: August fifteenth to August thirty-first with bow and arrow only and September first through January first with firearms. Antlerless deer may be taken December fifteenth through January first with bow and arrow only;

(4) Game Zone 10: September first through January first with bow and arrow only and with firearms September fifteenth through January first.

(B) Except as provided in subsection (A), the season for taking antlered deer is August fifteenth through January first.

(C) It is unlawful to pursue deer with dogs except during the prescribed season for hunting deer."

Time effective

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

In the Senate House ____________________________________________.

______________________________________________

President of the Senate

______________________________________________

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Approved the ____________ day of ________________________, 1996.

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Governor

Printer's Date -- May 17, 1996 -- S.