South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

Download This Version in Microsoft Word format

Bill 1095

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE REPORT

February 1, 2006

S. 1095

Introduced by Senator Land

S. Printed 2/1/06--S.

Read the first time January 31, 2006.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON FISH, GAME AND FORESTRY

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1095) to amend Section 50-16-25, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the offense of releasing or transporting pigs for hunting or establishing a free, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking Section 50-16-25 as contained in SECTION 1 and inserting:

/ SECTION    1.    Section 50-16-25 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 13 of 2005, is amended to read:

"Section 50-16-25.    It is unlawful to release or transport for the purpose of release a member of the family Suidae (pig) for hunting purposes or in an attempt to establish or supplement a free roaming population; however, a landowner may capture and release a pig so long as: (1) the pig is captured pursuant to a permit issued without charge by the Department of Natural Resources, and (2) the pig is released on the same tract on which the pig was captured or on an adjoining tract with permission of the owner of the adjoining tract. Under no circumstances may a pig be released in a county other than the county in which the pig was captured." /

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.

CHAUNCEY K. GREGORY for Committee.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-16-25, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF RELEASING OR TRANSPORTING PIGS FOR HUNTING OR ESTABLISHING A FREE ROAMING POPULATION OF PIGS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS OFFENSE DOES NOT APPLY WHEN PIGS ARE CAPTURED AND TRANSPORTED SOLELY FOR RELEASE INTO A CONTROLLED AND CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-16-25 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 13 of 2005, is amended to read:

"Section 50-16-25.    It is unlawful to release or transport for the purpose of release a member of the family Suidae (pig) for hunting purposes or in an attempt to establish or supplement a free roaming population; however, a landowner may capture and release a pig so long as: (1) the pig is captured pursuant to a permit issued without charge by the Department of Natural Resources, and (2) the pig is released on the same tract on which the pig was captured, or on an adjoining tract with permission of the owner of the adjoining tract or if the pig is released only into a controlled and contained environment with the permission of the owner of the tract constituting the controlled and contained environment. Under no circumstances may Except with respect to a pig released into a contained and controlled environment, a pig must not be released in a county other than the county in which the pig was captured."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 2:08 P.M.