The Committee on Agriculture, Natural Res. and Environmental Affairs proposes the following amendment (LC-5121.PH0002H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting SECTION 1.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 2, by striking Section 50-13-675(9)(d)(i) and inserting:

   (i) recreational license-residents sixty-five years of age or older – one;
   (ii) the provisions contained in Section 50-13-675(9)(d) expire on January 1, 2030;

Amend the bill further, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Section 50-13-675(23) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (23) Lakes Marion and Moultrie, and the upper reach of the Santee River:
  (a) traps:
   (i) recreational license-two;
   (ii) commercial license-twenty-five;
  (b) trotlines: Hooks must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than seven-sixteenths inch:
   (i) recreational license-one line with fifty hooks maximum;
   (ii) commercial license-three lines with not more than four hundred hooks on each line;
  (c) set hooks: Recreational license – Upper Reach of the Santee Rive – fifty hooks. The use of set hooks in the Upper Reach of the Santee River as described in this item expire on January 1, 2030.