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Committee Report

April 16, 2024

H. 4875

Introduced by Reps. Ott, Brewer, Atkinson and Caskey

S. Printed 04/16/24--S.

Read the first time February 28, 2024

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The committee on Senate Fish, Game and Forestry

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 4875) to amend the South Carolina Code of Laws by amending Section 50-11-1910, relating to the sale of deer or deer parts, so as to allow a processor to process a legally, etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

GEORGE E. "CHIP" CAMPSEN III for Committee.

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-1910, RELATING TO THE SALE OF DEER OR DEER PARTS, SO AS TO ALLOW A PROCESSOR TO PROCESS A LEGALLY TAKEN DOE DONATED BY A HUNTER AND RECOVER THE COSTS OF PROCESSING FROM SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE HUNTER WHO DONATED THE DOE, AND TO INCREASE PENALTIES.

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

SECTION 1.  Section 50-11-1910 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

    Section 50-11-1910.  (A) It is unlawful to buy or sell, offer for sale, barter, or have in possession for sale the following: any live deer (family cervidae), the venison of any deer except as provided in subsection (B) or in Section 50-11-1920, any whitetail deer gametes or antler velvet, or any whitetail deer antlers attached to the pedicel.

    (B) The department may promulgate regulations to permit deer processors to process legally taken female (doe) deer donated by a hunter or crop depredation permittee or designee and recover the fee of processing the deer from a person other than the individual who donated the deer.

    (B)(C) For a violation of this section, upon conviction, the guilty party for a first offense must be fined not less than onethree hundred dollars nor more than threefive hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a second offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined not less than threefive hundred dollars nor more than five hundredone thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days; for a third or subsequent offense within three years of the date of conviction for a first offense, the person must be fined one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than sixty days.

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

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