2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
CHAPTER 9 - HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES
Section 50-9-730. July fourth and National Memorial Day exempt from freshwater recreational fishing license and permit requirements; exceptions; free hunting days must be established.
(A) A resident is not required to possess a license or permit for recreational fishing in the freshwaters of this State on the following days:
(1) the fourth day of July; and
(2) the date observed by the State for National Memorial Day.
(B) The department also may designate department-sanctioned fishing events in the freshwaters of the State as exempt from recreational freshwater fishing license requirements. However, the events may not exceed one for each county a year.
(C) This section does not apply to individuals fishing for a commercial purpose or when a commercial fishing license is required to use certain nongame fishing devices.
(D) The department must designate two days a year as "free hunting days" during which state residents may hunt without procuring the necessary licenses and permits. These days need not be consecutive.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 372, Section 2; 2012 Act No. 245, Section 1, eff July 1, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2012 amendment rewrote the section.
