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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4881 Ratification Number:391 Act Number:327 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000405 Primary Sponsor:Witherspoon All Sponsors:Witherspoon Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5147djc00.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000526 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20000606 Subject:Shrimp trawls having total foot rope length greater than two hundred twenty feet unlawful, Fish and Game History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000616 Act No. A327 ------ 20000606 Signed by Governor ------ 20000531 Ratified R391 Senate 20000526 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 20000525 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, 20000526 Senate 20000524 Polled out of Committee: 07 SFGF Favorable Senate 20000504 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to Committee House 20000504 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20000503 Read second time House 20000503 Request for debate withdrawn by Representative Fleming Cato Knotts House 20000425 Request for debate by Representative Cato Fleming Knotts Koon Stuart Sharpe Witherspoon ------ 20000420 Scrivener's error corrected House 20000419 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR House 20000405 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on April 19, 2000 - Word format Revised on April 20, 2000 - Word format Revised on May 24, 2000 - Word format
(A327, R391, H4881)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-770, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHRIMP TRAWLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HAVE ON BOARD OR TO TRAWL WITH ANY TRAWL HAVING A TOTAL FOOT ROPE LENGTH GREATER THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FEET, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Unlawful to have on board or trawl with shrimp trawl having rope length greater than two hundred twenty feet; penalties
SECTION 1. Section 50-5-770 of the 1976 Code, as added by an act of 2000 bearing ratification number 253, is amended to read:
"Section 50-5-770. (A) A shrimp trawl made in part or in whole of any webbing less than two and one-half inches stretched mesh and exceeding a head rope length of sixteen feet used in the waters of this State must contain one or more department-approved, properly installed bycatch reduction devices.
(B) It is unlawful to have on board a vessel or to trawl with any trawl or trawls having a total foot rope length greater than two hundred twenty feet, not including the foot rope length of:
(1) a single trawl not greater than sixteen feet when used as a try net, or
(2) any trawl bundled and stored below deck or secured in a locked bin or container on deck.
(C) When a vessel is underway, this section applies to trawls attached to trawl doors.
(D) When a vessel is moored at a dock or anchored, this section applies to trawls attached to trawl doors or hung in the vessel's rigging.
(E) The department may exempt trawls utilized by persons holding a valid scientific collection permit granted by the department.
(F) A person who violates subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, and any such trawl may be seized.
(G) A person who violates subsection (B) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, and any trawl on board may be seized."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 31st day of May, 2000.
Approved the 6th day of June, 2000.
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