South Carolina Code 50-9-920. Revenues from the sale of privileges, licenses, permits, and tags

(A) Revenue generated from the sale of lifetime privileges shall be deposited in the Wildlife Endowment Fund.

Text of (B) effective until December 31, 2027. See, also, text of (B) effective January 1, 2028.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-9-920

Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
Fish: means finfish, shellfish including mollusks, crustaceans, horseshoe crabs, whelks (conchs), turtles, and terrapin or products thereof. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
Fishing: means all activity and effort involved in taking or attempting to take fish. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
Take: means to harass intentionally, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

(B) Revenue generated from the sale of other hunting and freshwater fishing licenses, permits, and tags shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and unless otherwise required by law credited to the Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund. Revenue from each:

(1) wildlife management area permit shall be used for the management and the procurement of wildlife management area lands;

(2) nonresident annual statewide hunting license shall be used as follows:

(a) one dollar for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese in this State; and

(b) the balance to the Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund;

(3) nonresident temporary statewide hunting license shall be used as follows:

(a) fifty cents for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese in this State; and

(b) the balance to the Fish and Wildlife Protection Fund;

(4) nonresident annual freshwater fishing license shall be distributed as follows:

(a) twenty-five percent to the County Game and Fish Fund account for the respective county in which the license was sold, except that these licenses sold through a central point such as online, call centers, and department mass mailings shall be equally allocated to the counties;

(b) twenty-five percent for the operation and management of department freshwater fish hatcheries; and

(5) application fee, permit, tag, and nonresident hunting fee for the privilege of hunting alligators shall be used to administer the alligator management program;

(6) Deer Quota Program permit shall be exclusively used to administer the Deer Quota Program and for deer management and research;

(7) individual antlerless and nonresident antlered deer tags shall be used as follows:

(a) eighty percent to administer the tag program, deer management, and research; and

(b) the remaining twenty percent for law enforcement;

(8) application fee, permit, and tag for the privilege of hunting bear shall be used to administer the tag program, protect bear habitats, and support bear research and management;

(9) field trial permit and shooting preserve operation permit shall be used to support the management of small game programs;

(10) lottery hunt application fee shall be used to administer the lottery hunt program and support management of lands on which the lottery hunts take place;

(11) falconry permit shall be used to support the falconry permitting program;

(12) resident antler restriction individual antlered deer tag shall be used to administer the Coyote Management Program;

(13) resident and nonresident wild turkey tags shall only be used for the following purposes:

(a) the funding of wild turkey scientific research on public lands and private lands with the consent of landowners;

(b) the improvement of the wild turkey habitat and hunting opportunities for wild turkeys on public lands;

(d) the enforcement of the wild turkey hunting laws and regulations; and

(e) the printing and mailing of the wild turkey tags;

(14)(a) resident and nonresident migratory waterfowl permit shall be used for the management of waterfowl habitats and for the development, protection, management, and propagation of wild waterfowl in this State and along the Atlantic Flyway as follows:

(i) a minimum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of revenue received annually from the waterfowl permit fee must be used to restore and manage waterfowl habitat on state wildlife management areas and such funds must be leveraged with other sources when available;

(ii) ten percent of the revenue from the waterfowl permit fee contributed annually for the first three years following the enactment of this section to the AFWA Fall Flight Program for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese in the areas that benefit South Carolina;

(iii) twenty percent of the revenue from the waterfowl permit fee contributed annually in the fourth and succeeding years following the enactment of this section to the AFWA Fall Flight Program for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese in the areas that benefit South Carolina; and

(iv) all remaining annual funds shall be used for the development, protection, management, and propagation of wild waterfowl in this State. All balances must be retained and carried forward annually.

(b) no revenue generated from the sale of a waterfowl permit may be expended for administrative salaries.

Text of (B) effective January 1, 2028. See, also, text of (B) effective until December 31, 2027.

(1) wildlife management area permit shall be used for the management and the procurement of wildlife management area lands;

(2) nonresident annual statewide hunting license shall be used as follows:

(a) one dollar for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese in this State;

(b) one dollar contributed by the department to proper agencies along the Atlantic Flyway for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese; and

(3) nonresident temporary statewide hunting license shall be used as follows:

(a) fifty cents for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese in this State;

(b) fifty cents contributed by the department to proper agencies along the Atlantic Flyway for the propagation, management, and protection of ducks and geese; and