Bill Text: SC S0545 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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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.

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.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.