Bill Text: SC H3104 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hunting and fishing licenses

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-12 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs [H3104 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3104-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR AN ADOPTED CHILD TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A LIFETIME RECREATIONAL LICENSE UPON APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION PETITION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-520, RELATING TO LIFETIME COMBINATION LICENSE FEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ADOPTED CHILD MAY OBTAIN A COMBINATION LICENSE AT NO COST.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-9-30(A)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(2)    a lifetime recreational license, "resident" means:

        (a)    a United States citizen who has been domiciled in this State for one hundred eighty consecutive days or more immediately preceding the date of application; or

        (b)    an adopted child upon approval of the adoption petition if the:

            (i)        adoptive parents are South Carolina residents; and

            (ii)    child's birth mother is or has been a legal South Carolina resident;"

SECTION    2.    Section 50- 9-520 of the 1976 Code is amended by an appropriately lettered subsection to read:

    "( )    An adopted child who meets the residency requirements provided in Section 50-9-30(A)(2) may obtain a lifetime combination license at no cost."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.