South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

Scroll to History Page
Scroll to Previous Versions Links List
Scroll to Full Text
Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Bill 4876

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4876
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020307
Primary Sponsor:                  Koon
All Sponsors:                     Koon, Frye, Rhoad and Ott
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5188djc02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Date of Last Amendment:           20020606
Subject:                          Raccoons, lawful to run with dogs any 
                                  time during the year


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020606  Conference Committee Report adopted    88 SCC
Senate  20020606  Conference Committee Appointed         88 SCC  Gregory
                                                                 Moore
                                                                 Grooms
House   20020606  House insists upon amendment and       98 HCC  Koon
                  Conference Committee appointed                 Frye
                                                                 Rhoad
House   20020605  Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
Senate  20020604  Amended, read third time, 
                  returned to House with amendment
Senate  20020530  Amended
Senate  20020529  Amended, read second time, 
                  ordered to third reading 
                  with notice of general amendments, 
                  carrying over all amendments 
                  to third reading
Senate  20020523  Recalled from Committee                07 SFGF
Senate  20020411  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   20020411  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20020410  Read second time
House   20020403  Recalled from Committee                20 HANR
House   20020307  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 3, 2002 - Word format
Revised on May 23, 2002 - Word format
Revised on May 29, 2002 - Word format
Revised on May 30, 2002 - Word format
Revised on June 4, 2002 - Word format
View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

June 4, 2002

    H. 4876

Introduced by Reps. Koon, Frye, Rhoad and Ott

S. Printed 6/04/02--S.

Read the first time April 11, 2002.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-140, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO IT BEING UNLAWFUL TO CARRY WEAPONS WHILE HUNTING RACCOONS, OPOSSUMS, OR FOX DURING THE PERIOD IT IS LAWFUL TO HUNT THEM WITHOUT WEAPONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS LAWFUL TO RUN RACCOONS WITH DOGS AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR.

    Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-11-120(A)(1)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

                "(d)    raccoon and opossum: October fifteenth through March first with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through October fourteenth and March second through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March second through October fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only; "

SECTION    2.    Section 50-11-120(A)(2)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: October fifteenth through March first with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through October fourteenth and March second through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March second through October fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    3.    Section 50-11-120(A)(3)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through September fourteenth and March sixteenth through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March sixteenth through September fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    4.    Section 50-11-120(A)(4)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: October fifteenth through March first with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through October fourteenth and March second through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March second through October fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    5.    Section 50-11-120(A)(5)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through September fourteenth and March sixteenth through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March sixteenth through September fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    6.    Section 50-11-120(A)(6)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through September fourteenth and March sixteenth through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March sixteenth through September fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    7.    Section 50-11-120(A)(7)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through September fourteenth and March sixteenth through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March sixteenth through September fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    8.    Section 50-11-120(A)(8)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through September fourteenth and March sixteenth through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March sixteenth through September fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    9.    Section 50-11-120(A)(9)(e) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 117 of 1999, is further amended to read:

            "(e)    raccoon and opossum: August fifteenth through September fourteenth with dogs only; September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; March sixteenth through May September fourteenth with dogs only;"

SECTION    10.    Section 50-11-120(A)(10)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through September fourteenth and March sixteenth through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only March sixteenth through September fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    11.    Section 50-11-120(A)(11)(d) of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 95 of 1991, is further amended to read:

            "(d)    raccoon and opossum: September fifteenth through March fifteenth with weapons and dogs; August fifteenth through September fourteenth and March sixteenth through May fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only. March sixteenth through September fourteenth without weapons and with dogs only;"

SECTION    12.    Section 50-11-140 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 473 of 1994, is further amended to read:

    "Section 50-11-140.    During a period in which raccoons, opossums, or fox are allowed to be hunted without weapons, it is unlawful to take, or attempt to take, or hunt the animals when carrying on one's person or in one's vehicle a firearm. All firearms must be unloaded and locked in a vehicle, unless legally permitted."

SECTION    13.    Section 50-13-1180(F) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 316 of 1992, is amended to read:

    "(F)    Trotline hooks used in Lakes Marion and Moultrie must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than seven-sixteenths inch. and must pass through a three-inch-long cylinder with an inside diameter of one-half inch."

SECTION    14.    Section 50-5-1505(1)(b) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by an act of 2001 bearing ratification number 20, is further amended to read:

    "(b)    Santee River below Wilson Dam including the Rediversion Canal below St. Stephen Dam, North Santee River and Bay, South Santee River, and all tributaries and distributaries thereto as follows:

        ( i)    Rediversion Canal: from St. Stephen Dam seaward to the seaward terminus of the northern dike of the Rediversion Canal:

    Season: No open season;

        ( ii)    Rediversion Canal from the seaward terminus of the northern dike of the Rediversion Canal seaward to Santee River:

            (1)    Season: February 1 through April 30;

            (2)    Times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time, Tuesday and Thursday;

            (3)    Methods and equipment: Any lawful method and equipment;

            (4)    Size and take limits: No limits.

        ( ii)(iii)    Wilson Dam seaward to U.S. Highway 52 bridge:

    Season: No open season.

        (iii)(iv)        U.S. Highway 52 bridge seaward to S.C. Highway 41 bridge:

            (1)    Season: February 1 through April 30;

            (2)    Times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time, Tuesday and Thursday;

            (3)    Methods and equipment: Any lawful method and equipment;

            (4)    Size and take limits: No limits.

        (iv)(v)    U.S. Highway 41 bridge seaward:

            (1)    Season: February 1 through March 31;

            (2)    Times: Monday noon to Saturday noon, local time;

            (3)    Methods and equipment: Any lawful method and equipment;

            (4)    Size and take limits: No limits."

SECTION    15.    Article 5, Chapter 9, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 50-9-545.    It is unlawful for a person to take striped bass, hybrid striped bass, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, or small mouth bass in the waters of this State without first procuring a state waters fisheries hatchery stamp and having a valid stamp in their possession while taking or transporting striped bass, hybrid striped bass, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, or small mouth bass caught in the waters of this State. A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days.

    For purposes of this section, taking does not include the catching and immediate release of fish back to the waters when and where they were caught.

    Each stamp required under this section must be validated by the signature of the licensee written across the face of the stamp. The department must furnish stamps to its authorized licensed sales agents for sale in the same manner as other type licenses. The fee for each stamp is five dollars. Fifty cents of the stamp cost may be retained by the issuing sales agent, and the balance must be paid to the department. Each stamp expires on the last day of June following issuance.

    The department may produce additional stamps as commemorative or collector's items which must be sold at a price of not less than five dollars and fifty cents. These proceeds must be retained by the department.

    Revenue derived from the sale of the stamp may be used only for the cost of printing, promoting, and producing the stamp and for those freshwater fisheries hatchery and habitat projects specified by the board for the development, protection, and propagation of freshwater fish in this State. None of the funds may be expended for administrative salaries."

SECTION    16.    Section 50-13-210 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

    "Section 50-13-210.    It is unlawful for a person in any one day to catch more than forty game fish; however, of the total creel limit:

    (1)    not more than ten of the total may be striped bass (Rockfish) or hybrid bass (striped bass-white bass) or a combination of them unless regulations promulgated by the department and adopted by the General Assembly by authority of Section 50-13-236 reflect otherwise;

    (2)    not more than ten of the total may be black bass (large mouth, small mouth, coosae) or a combination of them unless regulations promulgated by the department and adopted by the General Assembly by authority of Section 50-13-236 reflect otherwise;

    (3)    not more than ten of the total may be trout; provided, not more than five trout may be taken in any one day from that portion of the lower Saluda River between the Lake Murray Dam and the confluence of the Broad River;

    (4)    not more than eight of the total may be walleye or sauger or a combination of them;

    (5)    not more than thirty of the total may be any game fish not specified."

SECTION    17.    Chapter 21, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 50-21-131.    There is established a special no wake zone on that portion of the Intercoastal Waterway in Charleston County beginning just east of the eleventh green of the Wild Dunes Harbor course, parallel to the wash that runs between the 11th green and the houses to the east from the Isle of Palms Marina, that is, twenty docks to the west, starting with the jet ski dock directly west of the Marina; and ending at the sign posted at Intercoastal Waterway marker 116. This no wake zone is in effect from eleven o'clock a. m. until six thirty p. m. on all Saturdays and Sundays year round, and those federal and state holidays falling on or within May first and September thirtieth of each year. The boundaries, times and dates when this no wake zone is in effect must be clearly marked with signs and designed and installed as specified by the department."

SECTION    18.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

   

----XX----


This web page was last updated on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 11:37 A.M.