A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-370 SO AS TO PERMIT THE TAKING OF DEER COMMITTING DEPREDATION WITHOUT A DEPREDATION PERMIT IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET.

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

SECTION 1.  Article 3, Chapter 11, Title 50 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

    Section 50-11-370. A landowner or lessee may take a deer, wild boar, and other crop-consuming wild animals on his agricultural use land that he owns or leases without a depredation permit if:

        (1) the deer, wild boar, and other crop-consuming wild animals are committing depredation;

        (2) the agricultural use land where the depredation is occurring is operating as an active working farm with a premises identification number and the landowner or lessee files a Schedule F document with the Internal Revenue Service; and

       (3) the individuals conducting depredation must be uncompensated for the work.

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

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