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H. 3614
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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. M.A. Pitts, Bales, Bedingfield, Brantley, Clyburn, Dantzler, Herbkersman, Jefferson, Jennings, Kelly, Littlejohn, Mahaffey, Mulvaney, Neilson, Perry, E.H. Pitts, G.R. Smith, Stavrinakis, Umphlett and Whipper
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 597
Introduced in the House on March 1, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Summary: Youth hunter
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/1/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-11 3/1/2007 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-11
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-740, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUTH HUNTING DAYS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO IS LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE MAY BE A YOUTH HUNTER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-9-740 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 299 of 2000, is amended to read:
"Section 50-9-740. (A) The department may select one or more days, which shall be designated to designate as a 'South Carolina Youth Hunting Day', in addition to the regular seasons for any a species of wild game. The days A youth hunting day must be held outside any a regular season on a weekend, holiday, or other nonschool day when a youth hunters shall hunter may have the maximum opportunity to participate. The day may be held up to fourteen days before or after any a regular season framework or within any a split of a regular season, or within any other another open season.
(B) Youth hunters must be ten years of age through seventeen years of age. In addition, A person who is less than eighteen years of age may be a youth hunter. A licensed adult at least twenty-one years of age must accompany the a youth hunter into in the field and may not harvest or attempt to harvest game during this special hunting event. A license requirements requirement specified in this chapter shall be is waived for this day on a youth hunting day under this section for all a youth hunters as described above hunter. A daily harvest limits remain limit remains the same as allowed during regular seasons for each species of game."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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