South Carolina General Assembly
123rd Session, 2019-2020

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S. 742

STATUS INFORMATION

Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Fish, Game and Forestry Committee
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dbs\31555cz19.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4367

Introduced in the Senate on April 4, 2019
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry

Summary: Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take and Special Use Restrictions on Wildlife Management Areas (D. No. 4834)

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    4/4/2019  Senate  Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without 
                        reference (Senate Journal-page 1)
    5/7/2019  Senate  Recommitted to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 16)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/4/2019
4/4/2019-A

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INTRODUCED

April 4, 2019

S. 742

Introduced by Fish, Game and Forestry Committee

S. Printed 4/4/19--S.

Read the first time April 4, 2019.

            

A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, RELATING TO SEASONS, LIMITS, METHODS OF TAKE AND SPECIAL USE RESTRICTIONS ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 4834, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

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

SECTION    1.    The regulations of the Department of Natural Resources, relating to Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take and Special Use Restrictions on Wildlife Management Areas, designated as Regulation Document Number 4834, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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SUMMARY AS SUBMITTED

BY PROMULGATING AGENCY.

These regulations amend Chapter 123-40 Wildlife Management Area Regulations, 123-51 Turkey Hunting Rules and Seasons, 123-52 Either-sex Days and Antlerless Deer Limits for Private Lands in Game Zones 1-4, 123-53 Bear Hunting Rules and Seasons, and 123-54 Chronic Wasting Disease Carcass Importation Regulations in order to set seasons, bag limits and methods of hunting and taking of wildlife on existing Wildlife Management Areas, standardize turkey regulations on properties in the WMA program, provide for expanded opportunity for hunting and fishing on public lands, provide disease prevention measures, and clarify antlerless deer tag regulations and expand bear season.

A Notice of Drafting for this regulation was published on September 28, 2018 in the South Carolina State Register, Volume 42, Issue No. 9.

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