Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 2708 Ratification Number: 142 Act Number 97 Introducing Body: House Subject: Commercial harvesting of shellfish, Georgetown County
(A97, R142, H2708)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-1330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COMMERCIAL HARVESTING OF SHELLFISH IN A CERTAIN AREA OF GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SO AS TO CHANGE THE GAME ZONE REFERENCE FROM GAME ZONE NO. 7 TO GAME ZONE NO. 9 AND TO DELETE THE LOW WATERMARK LIMITATION AND CHANGE THE FINE PENALTY FROM NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Penalties
Section 1. Section 50-17-1330 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 50-17-1330. It shall be unlawful to commercially harvest shellfish in Game Zone No. 9 between Butler Inlet (Pawley's Inlet) and Midway Inlet in Georgetown County. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days."
Time effective
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.