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Bill 1359

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1359
Ratification Number:              381
Act Number:                       374
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000425
Primary Sponsor:                  Land
All Sponsors:                     Land
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5185djc00.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000525
Date of Last Amendment:           20000523
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20000606
Subject:                          Migratory waterfowl, hunting on portions 
                                  of Lake Marion within certain distance of 
                                  dwelling or marina; Fish and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000711  Act No. A374
------  20000606  Signed by Governor
------  20000531  Ratified R381
Senate  20000525  Concurred in House amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
House   20000524  Read third time, returned to Senate
                  with amendment
House   20000523  Amended, read second time
------  20000518  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000517  Committee report: Favorable with       20 HANR
                  amendment
House   20000502  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20000427  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  20000426  Read second time
Senate  20000425  Unanimous consent for second
                  and third reading on the next two
                  consecutive Legislative days
Senate  20000425  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 25, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 17, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 18, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 23, 2000 - Word format

(A374, R381, S1359)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-31 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE HUNTING OF MIGRATORY WATERFOWL ON THE PORTIONS OF LAKE MARION KNOWN AS POTATO CREEK OR WYBOO CREEK WITHIN TWO HUNDRED YARDS OF A DWELLING OR MARINA WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OR OCCUPANT, TO PROHIBIT BAITING IN THESE PORTIONS OF LAKE MARION, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

Hunting near dwelling or marina on Potato and Wyboo Creeks prohibited; baiting prohibited; penalties

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-11-31. (A) For purposes of this section:

(1) 'Potato Creek' is the area lying east of Highway S-14-260 westward to the mouth of Potato Creek and the property controlled by Camp Bob Cooper 4-H Camp.

(2) 'Wyboo Creek' is the area lying northward from a line connecting Green Island and Eagle Point on Lake Marion to Highway 260. This area will include the areas known as White Oak Slough, Air Port Slough, and Birch Branch.

(3) 'Bait' means shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn; wheat or grain; salt; or other feed that would constitute a lure, attraction, enticement, or bait to waterfowl.

(4) 'To bait' or 'baiting' means placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering bait.

(5) 'A dwelling' is a house or other structure in which a person or persons live; a residence; abode; occupied by a family as a place of residence, or a structure used as place of habitation.

(B) It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Potato Creek or Wyboo Creek, as defined for purposes of this section, within two hundred yards of a dwelling or marina without written permission of the owner or occupant.

(C) From November first to February first of the following year, it is unlawful to bait, assist in, or cause to be baited any of the waters of Potato Creek and Wyboo Creek below the lakefront property line defined as the 76.8 marker. However, nothing in this section makes it unlawful to casually feed foodstuffs to waterfowl or to fill and use bird and other wildlife feeders above the 76.8 marker.

(D) A person who violates subsection (B) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.

(E) A person who violates subsection (C) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 31st day of May, 2000.

Approved the 6th day of June, 2000.

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