South Carolina General Assembly
105th Session, 1983-1984

Bill 885

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               885
Ratification Number:       354
Act Number:                322
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to taking shad and herring
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(A322, R354, S885)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 50-13-730 AND 50-17-2110, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TAKING SHAD AND HERRING, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF GILL NETS FOR TAKING SHAD IN THE SANTEE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES UPSTREAM FROM S.C. HIGHWAY 41 AND FOR TAKING HERRING IN GAME ZONE NO. 9.

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

Use of gill nets prohibited for taking herring

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-730 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 324 of 1980, is further amended by adding at the end:

"No herring may be taken by gill net in the Santee River or any of its tributaries upstream from S. C. Highway 41."

Use of gill nets prohibited for taking shad

SECTION 2. Section 50-17-2110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 625 of 1978, is further amended by adding at the end:

"(6) No shad may be taken by gill net in the Santee River or any of its tributaries upstream from S.C. Highway 41."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.