Bill Text: SC H4614 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Wildlife Management Areas
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 22-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-04-07 - Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry [H4614 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-H4614-Comm_Sub.html
COMMITTEE REPORT
March 31, 2022
H. 4614
Introduced by Reps. B. Cox, White, Wooten, Caskey, Elliott, T. Moore, G.R. Smith, M.M. Smith, Bennett, Ballentine, Jones, Morgan, McCabe, Blackwell, Oremus, Atkinson, Davis, Kirby, B. Newton, Willis, Taylor, Hill, W. Cox and Garvin
S. Printed 3/31/22--H.
Read the first time January 11, 2022.
To whom was referred a Bill (H. 4614) to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 50-11-2250 so as to permit a person authorized to hunt on a wildlife management, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ 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, 2022.
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 Act takes effect upon approval of the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.
DAVID R. HIOTT for Committee.
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-2250 SO AS TO PERMIT A PERSON AUTHORIZED TO HUNT ON A WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA TO HUNT ON A SUNDAY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 10, Chapter 11, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-11-2250. A person authorized to hunt or take wildlife on wildlife management area land may hunt on a Sunday."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect thirty days after approval by the Governor.
