South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A10, R28, S165

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Gregory, Knotts and Rankin
Document Path: l:\s-res\ckg\007lice.mrh.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Introduced in the House on February 19, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on March 26, 2003
Became law without Governor's signature, April 23, 2003

Summary: Hunting license, permit, stamp, or tag; unlawful to use when privileges are suspended;penalties

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    1/8/2003  Senate  Prefiled
    1/8/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-89
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-89
    2/5/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-17
   2/12/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-18
   2/18/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-13
   2/19/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-12
   2/19/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-12
   3/19/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-10
   3/25/2003  House   Read second time HJ-26
   3/26/2003  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-19
   4/16/2003          Ratified R 28
   4/23/2003          Became law without Governor's signature
    5/1/2003          Copies available
    5/1/2003          Effective date 04/23/03
   5/12/2003          Act No. 10

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/8/2003
2/5/2003
3/19/2003


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

(A10, R28, S165)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-9-75 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO PURCHASE, ACQUIRE, OR POSSESS ANY LICENSE, PERMIT, STAMP, OR TAG WHILE A PERSON'S HUNTING OR FISHING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED AND TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE PENALTIES.

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

Hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses

SECTION    1.    Chapter 9, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-9-75.    It shall be unlawful to purchase, acquire, or possess or attempt to purchase, acquire, or possess any license, permit, stamp, or tag while privileges allowed by the license, permit, stamp, or tag are suspended. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. A person convicted pursuant to this section forfeits all hunting and fishing privileges for an additional two years."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 16th day of April, 2003.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 4/23/03.

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