South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 55 - STATE COMMISSION OF FORESTRY › Section 55-1 - General s on South Carolina Forestry Commission Lands

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
1. Entry onto South Carolina Forestry
		  Commission lands is done wholly and completely at the risk of the individual.
		  The State of South Carolina nor the South Carolina Forestry Commission accepts
		  any responsibility for acts, omissions or activities or conditions on these
		  lands which cause or may cause personal injury or property damage.
2. All persons must obey all special rules
		  and regulations for South Carolina Forestry Commission lands including those
		  found in hunting schedules, maps, brochures, permits, any oral/written
		  instructions issued by South Carolina Forestry Commission personnel or those
		  instructions posted on South Carolina Forestry Commission lands.
3. Trespassing, fishing, hunting, killing,
		  capturing, or taking any fish or game, other recreational activities, or
		  attempting such act, are prohibited, except as may be authorized under these
		  rules and regulations, by permit or special authorization. On South Carolina
		  Forestry Commission lands, where an agreement is made between the South
		  Carolina Forestry Commission and the South Carolina Department of Natural
		  Resources to make the lands Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) as established by
		  Section
		  50-11-2200
		  of the South Carolina Code of Laws, hunting and fishing will be governed by the
		  appropriate South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) WMA laws and
		  regulations to include regulation 123-40.
4. On South Carolina Forestry Commission
		  lands, motor driven land conveyances shall be operated only on designated roads
		  or trails, except by permit or special authorization. Roads or trails which are
		  closed by barricades and/or signs either permanently or temporarily, are off
		  limits to motor driven land conveyances unless the South Carolina Forestry
		  Commission or its representative gives express permission. A person may not
		  obstruct or cause to be obstructed travel routes on South Carolina Forestry
		  Commission lands.
5. Motor driven
		  land conveyances shall be operated in a safe manner while on South Carolina
		  Forestry Commission lands.
6. On
		  South Carolina Forestry Commission lands, any person found guilty in a court of
		  law of undesirable or unsafe conduct, may, at the discretion of the Forest
		  Director, forfeit all permits and privileges thereto and/or all future permits
		  dependent upon the seriousness of the offense.
7. On South Carolina Forestry Commission
		  lands, all firearms transported in vehicles must be unloaded and secured in a
		  weapons case, or in the trunk of a vehicle, or in a locked box. Any firearm
		  with a shell in the chamber or attached magazine, or muzzleloader with a cap on
		  the nipple or flintlock with powder in the flash pan is considered loaded.
		  Provisions in No. 7 are not applicable to handguns as prescribed in statute
		  16-23-20 of the South Carolina Code of Laws.
8. On South Carolina Forestry Commission
		  lands, no target practice or target shooting is permitted except in areas
		  designated by the Commission for such purpose.
9. The hours for hunting and fishing shall be
		  published. The said hours may be set short of state and federal
		  regulations.
10. Any attempt to
		  move/flush/drive/pursue game to or into hunters on lands adjoining South
		  Carolina Forestry Commission lands is prohibited.
11. Waiting for game to cross county or state
		  roads on South Carolina Forestry Commission lands is prohibited.
12. Molesting, injuring, poisoning,
		  destroying, or attempting such acts, of any plant or animal life on South
		  Carolina Forestry Commission lands are prohibited except by permit.
13. Entry onto South Carolina Forestry
		  Commission lands constitutes consent to an inspection and search of the person,
		  game bag, or creel and any vehicle, trailer, conveyance, or
		  container.
14. On all lands owned
		  by the South Carolina Forestry Commission, the removal of artifacts or ecofacts
		  from the surface or subsurface is prohibited except when approved by the State
		  Historic Preservation Office and carried out in accordance with their
		  guidelines.
15. In accordance with
		  Section
		  48-23-70(b),
		  1976 S. C. Code of Laws, as amended, any person violating this section will be
		  guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, must be fined not more than two
		  hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
16. The penalty for fishing or hunting on any
		  forest area, other than those times specified by the South Carolina Forestry
		  Commission, shall be as prescribed by Section
		  50-1-90,
		  1976 South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended.
Except as modified or changed hereby, all prevailing laws, rules
			 and regulations concerning the South Carolina Forestry Commission shall remain
			 in full force and effect.