South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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Bill 876

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AMENDED

May 7, 2014

S. 876

Introduced by Senators Cromer and Campsen

S. Printed 5/7/14--H.

Read the first time February 26, 2014.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-11-355 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL DEER HUNTING NEAR A RESIDENCE, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HUNT DEER WITH FIREARMS NEAR A RESIDENCE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER AND OCCUPANT.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-11-355 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-11-355.    It is unlawful to hunt deer with a firearm within three hundred yards of a residence when less than ten feet above the ground without permission of the owner and occupant. Anyone violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. The provisions of this section do not apply to a landowner, his guests, or lessees hunting on his own land the landowner's property or a person taking deer pursuant to a department deer depredation permit."

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

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