South Carolina H 4771: Barber Examiners Board

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2025-2026 Bill 4771 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 30, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4771

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 50-11-705, RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON NIGHT HUNTING AND PENALTIES, SO 
AS TO REVISE THE OFFENSES AND PENALTIES, TO REGULATE THE USE OF ELECTRONIC 
VISION ENHANCING DEVICES FOR NIGHT HUNTING PURPOSES, AND TO PROVIDE MAGISTRATEs 
COURT WITH JURISDICTION TO IMPOSE PENALTIES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-11-740, 
RELATING TO CONFISCATION, FORFEITURE, AND SALE OF PROPERTY USED IN HUNTING 
DEER, BEAR, OR TURKEY AT NIGHT, SO AS TO REVISE THE TYPES OF PROPERTIES THAT 
ARE SUBJECT to THIS SECTION, TO REVISE THE FORFEITURE PROCEDURE, AND TO REVISE 
PENALTIES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-11-705 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
50-11-705. (A) Except as otherwise 
provided in this article, night hunting in this State is unlawful.

 (B) 
A person who violates this section by night hunting for any animal, except for 
deer, bear, turkey, or an animal listed in Section 50-11-710 or 50-11-715, upon 
conviction, must:

 (1) 
for a first offense, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, be imprisoned 
for not more than thirty days, or both;

 (2) 
for a second offense within two ten years from the date of conviction for the first 
offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars, be imprisoned as provided 
for a first offense, or both; and

 (3) 
for a third or subsequent offense within two ten years of the date of conviction for the last 
previous offense, be fined not more than one thousand five hundred dollars, be 
imprisoned as provided for a first offense, or both.

 (C) 
A person who violates this section by night hunting for deer, bear, or turkey on property not registered with the department for night hunting 
feral hogs, coyotes, or armadillos, upon conviction, must:

 (1) 
for a first offense, be fined not less than five hundred one thousand dollars nor more than two thousand five 
hundred dollars, be imprisoned for not more than one year thirty days, or both;

 (2) 
for a second offense within two ten years from the date of conviction for the first 
offense, be fined not less than five hundred two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than two three thousand five 
hundred dollars, be imprisoned as provided for a first offense, or both; and

 (3) 
for a third or subsequent offense within two ten years of the date of conviction for the last 
previous offense, be fined not less than one thousand three thousand five hundred dollars nor more than three five thousand dollars, 
be imprisoned as provided for not 
more than six months, or botha first offense, or 
both.

 (D) A person who violates 
this section by night hunting for deer, bear, or turkey on property registered 
with the department for night hunting feral hogs, coyotes, or armadillos, upon 
conviction, must:

 (1) for a first offense, be fined not 
less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars, 
be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both;

 (2) for a second offense within two 
years from the date of conviction for the first offense, be fined not less than 
one thousand dollars nor more than three thousand five hundred dollars, be 
imprisoned as provided for a first offense, or both; and

 (3) for a third or subsequent offense 
within two years of the date of conviction for the last previous offense, be 
fined not less than two thousand five hundred dollars nor more than five 
thousand dollars, be imprisoned as provided for a first offense, or both.

 (E)(D) The display or use of artificial light, thermal imaging device, night vision device, or other 
electronic vision enhancing device at night on property not registered 
with the department for night hunting feral hogs, coyotes, or armadillos, or in possession of a hunter on property he does not have 
permission to hunt on, in a manner capable of disclosing the presence of 
deer, bear, or turkey, together with the possession of or with immediate access 
to a centerfire rifle and ammunition larger than a twenty-two caliber rimfire, or a shotgun 
and ammunition larger than shot size number four, shall constitute prima facie 
evidence of night hunting for deer, bear, or turkey.

 (F)(E) Nothing in this article prohibits a person from acting 
in accordance with the conditions contained in a depredation permit issued by 
the department pursuant to Section 50-11-2570, nor 
prohibits the use of artificial light or an electronic vision enhancing device 
while acting under a depredation permit.

 (F) The magistrates court has 
concurrent jurisdiction under this section to impose the penalties set forth 
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