Bill Text: SC S0512 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Hunting migratory waterfowl on Lake Moultrie

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-21 - Act No. 219 [S0512 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2011-S0512-Comm_Sub.html

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 24, 2011

S. 512

Introduced by Senator Grooms

S. Printed 3/24/11--S.

Read the first time February 8, 2011.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 11, TITLE 50 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF GAME, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-36 TO PROHIBIT HUNTING MIGRATORY WATERFOWL ON LAKE MOULTRIE WITHIN TWO HUNDRED YARDS OF A DWELLING, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 11, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-11-36.    It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on Lake Moultrie within two hundred yards of a dwelling without written permission of the owner and occupant. As used in this section, Lake Moultrie means all waters impounded by the Pinopolis Dam, including the Diversion Canal and those waters of the Re-diversion Canal within the Santee Cooper project area. A person who violates 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."

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