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Indicates Matter Stricken
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Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter
AMENDED
April 23, 2003
H. 3613
S. Printed 4/23/03--S. [SEC 4/24/03 6:28 PM]
Read the first time March 26, 2003.
TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-1050, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITS TO REMOVE DESTRUCTIVE WILDLIFE, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT A PERMIT ISSUED FOR THE REMOVAL OF DESTRUCTIVE BEAVERS IS VALID FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-11-2570 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 340 of 1994, is further amended by adding:
"(C) A person taking a furbearing animal under authority of a depredation permit may not dispose of the animal commercially. A person taking a furbearing animal in accordance with a depredation permit must report the number and type of animal taken to the department on forms prescribed by the department within twenty-one days of the expiration of the permit. A permit issued for the removal of destructive beavers is valid for a period of not less than one year from the date of issue."
SECTION 2. The first paragraph of Section 50-11-120 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 117 of 1999, is further amended to read:
"(A) Except as specified in this section, the season for hunting small game is Thanksgiving Day through March first. There is no closed season for beaver on private lands. However, there is no open season on grouse except in Game Zone 1."
SECTION 3. Section 50-11-130 of the 1976 is repealed.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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