A joint Resolution

TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO PERMIT SUNDAY HUNTING ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS.

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

SECTION 1.    Pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, the Department of Natural Resources shall:

   (1)    propose the repeal of S.C. Regulation 123-40 General Regulation 2.5; and

   (2)    allow Sunday hunting on wildlife management area lands owned by the department or leased from the USDA Forest Service, subject to regulations promulgated by the department.

SECTION 2.    Final regulations required in SECTION 1 must be filed for General Assembly review no later than December 31, 2023.

SECTION 3.    (A)   A regulation submission by the Department of Natural Resources dealing with Sunday Hunting shall be referred to the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee.

   (B)   Only after receiving a majority vote approving the regulation by the House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee may the regulation be sent to the Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee.

SECTION 4.   This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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