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SC Code § 50-15-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-50. Criteria of designating land as certified management area for endangered species; review and revision.

 (A) The department shall promulgate regulations addressing criteria for designating land as certified management area for endangered species or of species in need of management in order to qualify a taxpayer for the income tax credit provided for in Section 12-6-3520.  (B) Every five years the department may review the population status of species subject to certified management agreements and shall revise the regulations accordingly. The department may revise criteria at that time as necessary for lands to retain their designation as certified management areas.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 95; former 1976 Code Section 50-15-55; 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
SC Code § 50-15-55 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-55. Nonnative reptiles; regulations; unlawful acts; exceptions.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to release wildlife that is not native to this State from captivity in this State.  (B) The department may promulgate regulations to prohibit or otherwise restrict certain species of nonnative wildlife in this State, including species that:  (1) have the potential to become established in this State in sufficient numbers so as to become a nuisance; and  (2) pose a demonstrable deleterious and widespread threat to wildlife, agriculture, or human health and safety.  (C) Sanitary and safe disposal of dead wildlife is not a violation of this section.  (D) The provisions of this section do not apply to the release of foxes and coyotes pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 11, Title 50 and to the release of other nonnative species from captivity if authorized by law.  HISTORY: 2020 Act No. 177 (H.4831), Section 2, eff September 28, 2020.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 50-15-55 was titled Criteria of designating land as certified management area for endangered species; review and revision, and had the following history: 1999 Act No. 100, Part II, Section 95. Omitted by 2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff April 14, 2014. See, now, Section 50-15-50.
SC Code § 50-15-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-60. Promulgation of regulations.

 The department shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-731; 1974 (58) 2384; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1264; former 1976 Code Section 50-15-70; 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.  Editor's Note  Prior Laws: Former Section 50-15-60 was titled Costs of programs; alligator products permits, and had the following history: 1962 Code Section 28-734; 1974 (58) 2384; 1988 Act No. 460, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1264; 1994 Act No. 386, Section 2; repealed by 2008 Act. No. 179, Section 4, eff February 19, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, substituted "article" for "chapter".
SC Code § 50-15-65 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-65. Omitted by 2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.

 Editor's Note  Former Section 50-15-65 was titled Alligator hunting, control and management and was derived from 2008 Act No. 179, Section 2, eff February 19, 2008; 2010 Act No. 183, Section 1, eff May 28, 2010; 2013 Act No. 3, Section 1, eff March 1, 2013; 2013 Act No. 94, Section 16, eff July 1, 2013.
SC Code § 50-15-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-75. Omitted by 2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.

 Editor's Note  Former Section 50-15-75 was titled Removal of certain turtles from state; exceptions; penalties and was derived from 2009 Act No. 6, Section 1, eff May 6, 2009.  See, now, Section 50-15-70.
SC Code § 50-15-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-90. Article not retroactive; certain importation not prohibited.

 None of the provisions of this article shall be construed to apply retroactively or to prohibit importation into the State of wildlife which may be lawfully imported into the United States or lawfully taken or removed from another state or to prohibit entry into the State or possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale, or shipment of any wildlife whose species or subspecies is deemed to be threatened with statewide extinction in this State but not in the state where originally taken if the person engaging therein demonstrates by substantial evidence that such wildlife was lawfully taken or removed from such state; provided, that this section shall not be construed to permit the possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for sale, or shipment within this State of wildlife on the United States' List of Endangered Native Fish and Wildlife, as amended and accepted in accordance with Section 50-15-30(D), except as permitted in the proviso to Section 50-15-30(C) and Section 50-15-40(D).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 28-733; 1974 (58) 2384; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1264; 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, substituted "article" for "chapter", twice added a comma after "sale or offer for sale"; and substituted "Section 50-15-30(D), except as permitted in the proviso to Section 50-15-30(C) and Section 50-15-40(D)" for "Section 50-15-40(d), except as permitted in the proviso to Section 50-15-40(c) and Section 50-15-50(d)".
SC Code § 50-15-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-310. Definitions.

 As contained in this article:  (1) "Alligator" means the species Alligator mississippiensis.  (2) "Alligator propagation facility" means an enclosed area not located on public lands or waters, constructed so as to prevent the ingress and egress of alligators from surrounding public or private lands or waters where alligators are bred or raised as captive animals generally for the purpose of the sale, barter, or trade of alligators, alligator parts, alligator meat, or alligator hides.  (3) "Alligator propagator" means a person who raises captive alligators under controlled conditions which prohibit free movement of the animals onto and off of the facility, and who may harvest alligators under a permit from the department.  (4) "Alligator part" means any part of an alligator.  (5) "Commercial purposes" means to derive income or other consideration of value or operating with the intent to derive income or other consideration of value.  (6) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.  (7) "Transport" means, in its different tenses, the act of shipping, attempting to ship, receiving or delivering for shipment, transporting, conveying, carrying, or exporting by air, land, or water or by any manner.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014; 2020 Act No. 177 (H.4831), Section 8, eff September 28, 2020.  Effect of Amendment  2020 Act No. 177, Section 8, in (2), added "generally for the purpose of the sale, barter, or trade of alligators, alligator parts, alligator meat, or alligator hides" at the end; and in (5), substituted "or other consideration of value or operating with the intent to derive income or other consideration of value" for "or with the intent to derive income".
SC Code § 50-15-320 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-320. Permit to engage in the business of propagating alligators for commercial purposes.

 (A) Any person may apply to the department for a permit to engage in the business of propagating alligators for commercial purposes. A permit allows the purchase of live alligators or alligator eggs from legal sources, the sale of live alligators within the State to other department-permitted alligator propagators only, the sale of live alligators to other states where the purchase of those animals is lawful, the sale of the carcasses, raw parts, or skins of captive-raised alligators to any person for resale or processing into finished products, including sale for food, and the exhibition of live alligators.  (B) The capture, use, purchase, or sale of wild alligators or wild alligator eggs within this State for the purpose of alligator propagation is prohibited.  (C) Except as provided in subsection (A), the sale of alligator eggs is prohibited.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-330. Application; issuance of permit; expiration of permit.

 (A) Upon payment of a nonrefundable application fee for applicants seeking a permit for the first time, the department shall investigate the applicant and the proposed facility. The department must prescribe applicant, facility, and operating requirements to applicants and may deny the application in its discretion after review. A person exhibiting alligators in a circus or zoo or in a similar animal, reptile, or wildlife show at a place or location other than on a captive alligator propagation facility is exempt from the permit and fee requirements of this article.  (B) Upon approval of an application and payment of the permit fee, the department shall issue an alligator propagation facility permit.  (C) A valid permit shall expire twelve months after the date of issuance and may be renewed not more than forty-five days prior to expiration upon payment of a renewal fee.  (D) Alligator propagation facilities located on noncontiguous parcels of land must be permitted separately.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-340. Tagging and labeling requirements; bond.

 (A) It is unlawful to possess, buy, sell, barter, ship, transport, or offer to buy, sell, barter, ship, or transfer alligator carcasses, skins, or parts unless tagged or labeled according to department regulations.  (B) A person applying for an alligator propagator permit must first secure a bond to insure faithful performance naming the department as beneficiary in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars. The bond must be renewed as a condition of the permit. In the event the facility is closed, abandoned, or destroyed, or the permit is revoked, the department may use the proceeds of the bond to clean up and close the facility.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-350. Records; inspection; seizure.

 (A) Permittees must maintain records related to the possession, source, and disposition of alligators and alligator eggs as prescribed by department regulations. These records must be kept on-site and are subject to inspection at any time by department personnel during reasonable hours.  (B) Department personnel may, during reasonable hours, enter and inspect all alligator facilities permitted under provisions of law different from this article and all alligator propagators' places of business, farm buildings, farm lands, vessels, and motor vehicles that are used or are of a type that could be used in the production, storage, sale, or transportation of any alligators, meat, parts, or skins, and conduct partial or complete inventories to determine whether the permittee is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  (C) Any alligator tags that have been issued to an alligator propagator in excess of the number of harvestable alligators actually present on a farm, as revealed by inventory or records, may be seized by department personnel.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-360. Retention of records by retailers.

 Any retailer, including retail food businesses, possessing, buying, or selling alligator parts must maintain an invoice or bill of sale for each purchase or sale for a period of six months. These records must be made available for inspection at any and all reasonable hours by the department.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-370. Unlawful possession of alligator hide or carcass; forfeiture; annual reports.

 (A) It is unlawful to alter or compromise the locking mechanism on any alligator tag. The possession of altered or fraudulent tags is unlawful. The possession of any alligator hide or carcass not tagged as prescribed by the department or any unskinned, untagged, frozen alligator carcass is unlawful and is considered contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture by the department. Forfeited animals and parts must be disposed of by law and the proceeds deposited according to law.  (B) All alligator propagators must submit annual reports as prescribed by the department, on forms provided by the department, no later than January thirty-first of each year. This report must accompany any unused alligator tags from the previous year. No additional permits or tags shall be issued until this report is submitted. It is a violation of this section for any person to possess any unused alligator tags from the previous year after January thirty-first.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-380. Shipping of raw alligator skins in state must be tagged; penalties.

 (A) All raw alligator skins shipped within this State must be tagged. The accompanying bill of lading must show the number of skins in the shipment, the consignor, shipping point, consignee, and destination. The department must supply suitable tags to all shippers at a cost of ten dollars per tag requiring them for actual shipments. No alligator skin intended for shipment within this State may be accepted by any post office, express company, or agent, or the agent of any common carrier, unless the shipment complies with this section.  (B) A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-390. Unlawful acts.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess the eggs of alligators, alligators, or their parts or skins in this State except as provided for in this article. The provisions of this section do not apply to legal finished products, alligators or their parts legally acquired before the effective date of this article, alligators or their parts legally acquired from other legal sources, or alligators harvested or collected under a permit from the department.  (B) It is unlawful to release any captive alligator.  (C) It is unlawful for an alligator propagation facility to offer for barter, sale, or trade the opportunity for a person to hunt or take an alligator at the facility except that a permitted facility may contract with an outside contractor to assist with the normal processing of alligators.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-400. Construction of permits if endangered species status changes.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this article to the contrary, in the event federal or state law regulations or designations allowed by law places the alligator in the endangered species status, all permits issued pursuant to this article are null and void.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-410. Forfeiture.

 (A) Any alligator propagation facility that fails to renew the required permits or ceases operation for any reason shall have a period of three months in which to legally dispose of any remaining alligators in the facility. After three months, any remaining alligators in the facility must be forfeited to the State and disposed of. Forfeited animals and parts must be disposed of by law and the proceeds from them deposited according to law. The owner of the facility is liable for any costs associated with the disposal of the remaining alligators.  (B) If an alligator propagation facility is abandoned, or the alligator propagator fails to adequately maintain the enclosure after notification by the department, or in the case of wilful neglect of the facility, or the lack of proper care, feeding or humane handling of alligators in the facility, the alligator propagator is considered in violation of this article and any alligators or alligator parts in the facility must be forfeited to the department. Forfeited animals and parts must be disposed of by law and the proceeds from them deposited according to law. The owner of the facility is liable for any costs associated with the disposal of the remaining alligators.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-420. Penalties.

 (A) Unless otherwise provided for, a person who violates the provisions of this article or implementing regulations is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both. The magistrates court retains concurrent jurisdiction for offenses contained in this article.  (B) Any alligator, alligator part, alligator eggs, or alligator skins unlawfully possessed, purchased, sold, bartered, shipped, or transported are contraband and are forfeited to the department. Forfeited animals and parts must be disposed of by law and the proceeds from them deposited according to law.  (C) Any person permitted as an alligator propagator convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article or regulations related to the unlawful taking, purchasing, selling, or bartering of a wild alligator, wild alligator part, or wild alligator eggs, or the unlawful shipping or transporting of those items, forfeits his permit upon conviction for one year, and all alligators, alligator parts, and alligator skins in his possession are forfeited to the State. Forfeited animals and parts must be disposed of by law and the proceeds from them deposited according to law.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-15-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species|Section 50-15-430. Regulations.

 (A) To the extent not provided for in other law or by other agency, the department may adopt regulations for the placement, construction, operation, and maintenance of alligator propagation facilities, to include the following:  (1) the minimum distance among alligator propagation facilities, other alligator propagation facilities, and residences;  (2) the secure and humane confinement of the alligators; and  (3) the maximum number of alligators that may be present, in total and for propagation, on an alligator propagation facility at any one time.  (B) Water quality and waste impacts caused by alligator farms shall be subject to regulations issued by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 159 (S.714), Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
SC Code § 50-16-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 16 - Importation Of Wildlife|Section 50-16-10. "Wildlife" defined.

 For the purpose of this chapter, "wildlife" means a member of the animal kingdom including without limitation a mammal, fish, bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, or other invertebrate.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 172, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 41, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-16-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 16 - Importation Of Wildlife|Section 50-16-20. Importation of wildlife for certain purposes prohibited; investigation; permit.

 (A) It is unlawful for a person to import, possess, or transport for the purpose of release or to introduce or bring into this State any live wildlife of the following types without a permit from the department:  (1) a furbearer, a member of the family Cervidae, a nondomestic member of the families Suidae (pigs), Tayassuidae (peccaries), Bovidae (bison, mountain goat, mountain sheep), coyote, bear, or turkey (genus Meleagris). Furbearer includes, but is not limited to, red and gray fox, raccoon, opossum, muskrat, mink, skunk, otter, bobcat, weasel, and beaver;  (2) a species of marine or estuarine fish, crustacean, mollusk, or other marine invertebrate not already found in the wild, or not native to this State.  (3) a species of freshwater fish, crustacean, mollusk, or other freshwater invertebrate not already found in the wild or not native to this State.  (B) A permit may be granted only after the investigations and inspections of the wildlife have been made as the department considers necessary and the department approves the possession, transportation, or importation into the State. The department may not issue a permit unless it finds:  (1) the wildlife was taken lawfully in the jurisdiction in which it originated;  (2) the importation, release, or possession of the wildlife is not reasonably expected to adversely impact the natural resources of the State or its wildlife populations.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 172, Section 1; 1989 Act No. 41, Section 1; 1992 Act No. 458, Section 1.
SC Code § 50-16-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft|Chapter 16 - Importation Of Wildlife|Section 50-16-25. Unlawful release of pigs; permit exceptions.

 Section effective until July 1, 2024. See, also, Section 50-16-25 effective July 1, 2024.  (A) It is unlawful to:  (1) import, possess, buy, sell, offer for sale, transfer, or transport a live member of the family Suidae (pig) taken from the wild; or  (2) release a live member of the family Suidae (pig) into the wild.  (B) Each pig imported, bought, sold, offered for sale, possessed, transferred, transported, or released in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.  (C) The department may seize and destroy any pig obtained pursuant to this section.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 13, Section 1; 2010 Act No. 211, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 8, 2010); 2021 Act No. 71 (H.3539), Section 2, eff May 17, 2021.