Bill Text: SC H5135 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Animal classification; classify certain birds as waterfowl

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-12 - Roll call Yeas-114 Nays-2 [H5135 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2019-H5135-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-1-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND FISH, SO AS TO CLASSIFY CERTAIN BIRDS AS MIGRATORY WATERFOWL; TO REPEAL SECTION 50-11-20 RELATING TO THE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL COMMITTEE; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 50-9-670 RELATING TO MIGRATORY WATERFOWL PERMITS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-1-30 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:

    "( )    Migratory waterfowl: members of the family 'Anatidae' including brants, ducks, geese, and swans."

SECTION    2.    A.        Section 50-11-20 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

B.    Section 50-9-670 of the 1976 Code is repealed on July 1, 2021.

SECTION    3.    Except as otherwise provided, this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.