Bill Text: SC H3449 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Nongame fishing devices and gear

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-09 - Act No. 220 [H3449 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2015-H3449-Amended.html

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RECALLED

May 31, 2016

H. 3449

Introduced by Rep. Bales

S. Printed 5/31/16--S.

Read the first time April 28, 2016.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-675, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NONGAME FISHING DEVICES AND GEAR THAT ARE PERMITTED TO BE USED IN CERTAIN BODIES OF FRESHWATER, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY ISSUE RECREATIONAL LICENSES FOR THE USE OF HOOP NETS ALONG THE WATEREE RIVER.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-13-675(55) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 114 of 2012, is further amended to read:

"(55)    Wateree River:

(a)    hoop nets:

(i)        recreational license - persons sixty-five years of age or older - one;

(ii)    commercial license only - ten;

(b)    set hooks:

(i)        recreational license - fifty;

(ii)    commercial license - fifty;

(c)    traps:

(i)        recreational license - two;

(ii)    commercial license - forty;

(d)    trotlines:

(i)        recreational license - one line with fifty hooks maximum;

(ii)    commercial license - three lines with one hundred fifty hooks maximum;"

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. However, Section 50-13-675(55)(a)(i) and Section 50-13-675(a)(ii) are repealed on January 1, 2021.