(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.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 15 - Nongame And Endangered Species
Section 50-15-10. Definitions.
Section 50-15-15. Native reptiles; regulations; unlawful acts.
Section 50-15-55. Nonnative reptiles; regulations; unlawful acts; exceptions.
Section 50-15-60. Promulgation of regulations.
Section 50-15-65. Omitted by 2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
Section 50-15-70. Native turtles; unlawful acts; possession limits.
Section 50-15-75. Omitted by 2014 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff April 14, 2014.
Section 50-15-90. Article not retroactive; certain importation not prohibited.
Section 50-15-310. Definitions.
Section 50-15-330. Application; issuance of permit; expiration of permit.
Section 50-15-340. Tagging and labeling requirements; bond.
Section 50-15-350. Records; inspection; seizure.
Section 50-15-360. Retention of records by retailers.
Section 50-15-370. Unlawful possession of alligator hide or carcass; forfeiture; annual reports.
Section 50-15-380. Shipping of raw alligator skins in state must be tagged; penalties.
Section 50-15-390. Unlawful acts.
Section 50-15-400. Construction of permits if endangered species status changes.
Section 50-15-410. Forfeiture.
Section 50-15-430. Regulations.
Section 50-15-500. Legislative findings; alligator management program.