Bill Text: SC S0545 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Santee River Set Hooks
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-01 - Act No. 57 [S0545 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2021-S0545-Amended.html
AMENDED
May 4, 2021
S. 545
S. Printed 5/4/21--H. [SEC 5/5/21 1:13 PM]
Read the first time March 11, 2021.
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-675, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NONGAME FISHING DEVICES PERMITTED IN CERTAIN BODIES OF WATER, SO AS TO ALLOW FOR THE USE OF SET HOOKS WITHIN A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE SANTEE RIVER.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-675(46) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(46) Santee River, from USGS gauging station 1715 about 2.4 miles below Santee Dam downstream to the saltwater/freshwater dividing line including the North and South Santee Rivers:
(a) eel pots:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-seventy-five;
(b) skimbow nets:
(i) recreational license only-one;
(c) traps:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-fifty;
(d) trotlines:
(i) recreational license-one line with fifty hooks maximum;
(ii) commercial license-five lines with two hundred fifty hooks maximum;
(e) set hooks:
(i) recreational license-fifty;
(ii) commercial license-fifty;"
SECTION 2. Section 50-13-675(55)(a) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"(i) commercial license only-ten;"
SECTION 3. Section 50-13-675(9) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(9) Congaree River:
(a) hoop nets:
(i) commercial license- ten;
(b) set hooks:
(i) recreational license-fifty;
(ii) commercial license-fifty;
(c)(b) traps:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-ten;
(d)(c) trotlines:
(i) recreational license-one line with fifty hooks maximum;
(ii) commercial license-three lines with one hundred fifty hooks maximum;
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
