Current Status Bill Number:24 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Mescher All Sponsors:Mescher Drafted Document Number:res1104.wcm Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Date of Last Amendment:19970312 Subject:Ferrets, reference to as wild carnivores deleted, animals
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House 19970318 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR
referred to Committee
Senate 19970313 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19970312 Read second time, unanimous
consent for third reading on
Thursday, 19970313
Senate 19970312 Committee amendment adopted
Senate 19970311 Committee report: Favorable with 01 SANR
amendment
Senate 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 01 SANR
referred to Committee
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
March 12, 1997
S. 24
S. Printed 3/12/97--S.
Read the first time January 14, 1997.
TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF WILD CARNIVORES AS PETS, SO AS TO DELETE THE REFERENCE TO FERRETS AND EXEMPT THEM FROM THE PROHIBITION.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-50 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 47-5-50 (A). No carnivores, which are normally are not domesticated, may be sold as a pet in this State. Such The carnivores shall include animals known to be reservoirs of rabies, such as raccoons, foxes, skunks, and bobcats and such related species, including, but not limited to, coyotes, wolves, weasels, ferrets, civet cats, spotted skunks, or and lynx. Any such An animal provided for in this section and kept by an individual shall must not be allowed to run at large and then be returned to confinement. A normally wild animal indigenous to this State may, if held captive for a period of time, may be released to the wild. This section does not apply to ferrets. However, no ferret may be sold in this State without proper vaccination against rabies. A person who purchases or possesses a ferret shall maintain proper vaccination treatment for it annually.
(B) Purchasers of a ferret must be provided with a notice not less than eight inches by eleven inches which shall bear the following inscription in letters not less than three-fourths inch high:
'FERRETS HAVE A PROPENSITY TO MAKE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS THAT CAUSE BODILY INJURY TO A HUMAN BEING.'
(C) Each business establishment in this State, to which has been issued a retail sales tax license, which offers ferrets for sale must prominently display a notice not less than eight inches by eleven inches which shall bear the following inscription in letters not less than three-fourths inch high:
'FERRETS HAVE A PROPENSITY TO MAKE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS THAT CAUSE BODILY INJURY TO A HUMAN BEING.'"
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.