Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4254 Primary Sponsor:Rudnick Committee Number:20 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Floating markers and trotline hooks Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Computer Document Number:NO5/7340BD.93 Introduced Date:19930531 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930531 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Rudnick Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4254 House 19930531 Introduced, read first time, 20
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TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1116, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE MARKING AND IDENTIFICATION OF NONGAME FISHING DEVICES, SO AS TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENT FOR FLOATING MARKERS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1180, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO TROTLINES, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TROTLINE HOOKS USED IN LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE AND DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1116 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 316 of 1992, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-13-1116. Notwithstanding other provisions of this title, nongame fishing devices specified in Section 50-13-1115(A)(1), (4), (5), and (6), must be marked with a floating marker with a minimum capacity of one pint and a maximum capacity of one gallon or equivalent size and must be made of solid, buoyant material which does not sink if punctured or cracked. The floating markers must be constructed of plastic, PVC spongex, plastic foam, or cork. No hollow buoys or floats including plastic, metal, or glass bottles or jugs may be used, except manufactured buoys or floats specifically designed for use with nongame fishing devices may be hollow if constructed of heavy duty plastic material and approved by the department. The floating markers must be colored white when used the first through the fifteenth each month and yellow when used the remainder of the month. The owner's name and address must be marked clearly on each floating marker. Nongame fishing devices specified in Section 50-13-1115(A)(2) must have an identification tag bearing the owner's name and address attached to it."
SECTION 2. Section 50-13-1180 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 316 of 1992, is further amended by deleting subsections (F) and (G) which read:
"(F) Trotline hooks used in Lakes Marion and Moultrie must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than seven-sixteenths inch.
(G) Stainless steel hooks must not be used on a trotline."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.