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Committee reviews rule letting processors recover fees for donated deer; requests clarifying language on unclaimed carcasses
Summary
The committee heard from DNR about an emergency regulation to implement a law change allowing processors to recover processing fees from donated deer. Lawmakers raised concerns about how and when an unclaimed deer should be declared donated and asked DNR to return with clarifying language.
Charles Ruth, a wildlife biologist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, described document 53 30 as an emergency regulation to implement a legislative change that allows deer processors to recover processing fees from donated deer. "This legislation passed late last session," Ruth said, and the regulation sets out recordkeeping and allowable practices for processors.
Ruth and committee members discussed scenarios in…
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