Bill 1003

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    1003
Ratification Number:            359
Act Number:                     305
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19980210
Primary Sponsor:                Peeler 
All Sponsors:                   Peeler 
Drafted Document Number:        res1588.hsp
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980403
Date of Last Amendment:         19980304
Governor's Action:              U Became law without signature of
                                Governor
Date of Governor's Action:      19980528
Subject:                        Migratory game birds, to obtain
                                permit from Natural Resources
                                Department before hunting; Fish and
                                Game

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

------  19980611  Act No. A305
------  19980528  Unsigned, became law without
                  signature of Governor
------  19980521  Ratified R359
House   19980403  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   19980402  Unanimous consent for third
                  reading on the next Legislative day
House   19980402  Read second time
House   19980401  Committee report: Favorable              20 HANR
House   19980310  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
        referred to Committee
Senate  19980305  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19980304  Read second time
Senate  19980304  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19980304  Committee amendment amended
Senate  19980303  Committee report: Favorable with         07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  19980210  Introduced, read first time,             07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee

(A305, R359, S1003)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-535 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HUNT, TAKE, OR POSSESS MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A MIGRATORY GAME BIRD PERMIT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR THE PERMIT UNLESS APPROVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PERMIT MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO ALL HUNTING LICENSES AFTER FINAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MIGRATORY BIRD HARVEST INFORMATION PROGRAM.

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

Permit

SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 9 of Title 50 is amended by adding:

Section 50-9-535. It is unlawful to hunt, take, or possess migratory game birds without first obtaining a migratory game bird permit. The department may not charge a fee for this permit unless approved by the General Assembly. The permit required by this section must be integrated into and made a part of all hunting licenses after final implementation of the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 C.F.R. Part 20, Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program. Migratory game birds include doves, ducks, geese, woodcock, marsh hens, rails, common snipe, common moorhens, and purple gallinules (families: Columbidae, Anatidae, Rallidae, and Scolopacidae).

Time effective

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

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 05/28/98.