H 2722 Session 104 (1981-1982)
H 2722 General Bill, By R.L. Altman and D.E. Winstead
Similar(S 450)
A Bill to amend Article 5, Chapter 17 of Title 50, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, 1976, relating to leases of shellfish bottoms, so as to define
commercial purposes, proof of state residency, commission, department and
division, to provide lease preferences for operators of canneries, to provide
for a reevaluation of leases before renewal, to increase application fees for
leases and renewals of leases, to provide for retention of fees for use by the
Division of Marine Resources, to increase rental fees for shellfish leases, to
provide that fifty percent of all productive shellfish bottoms shall be
retained as state managed shellfish grounds, to exempt lessees of bottoms
adjoining highlands from replanting requirements, to provide for the leasing
of up to ten percent of state managed shellfish bottoms for the purpose of
aquaculture and mariculture, to empower the Division of Marine Resources to
open and close operations on shellfish bottoms, to provide for the equitable
distribution of losses of leasing areas among persons presently holding leases
because of the requirement that fifty percent of productive shellfish bottoms
shall be retained as public shellfish grounds; to amend Sections 50-17-1210,
50-17-1250 and 50-17-1260, relating to shellfish, so as to provide for an
annual recreational license, to reduce from two days per week to one day per
week the time authorized for gathering oysters and clams by heads of
households, to require as near to fifty acres as may be feasible to be
maintained as open areas for the taking of oysters and clams in coastal
counties, to provide that bottoms owned by the State shall be considered
shellfish beds instead of oyster beds; and to amend the Code by adding
Sections 50-17-1205, 50-17-1245, 50-17-1350, 50-17-1360, 50-17-1370,
50-17-1380 and 50-17-1390 so as to define shellfish house, mechanical
harvester and division, to limit the size of clams which may be lawfully
taken, to provide a commercial shellfisherman's license, to provide for the
licensing and regulation of mechanical harvesters, to provide for confication
of equipment used in the unlawful taking of shellfish, to provide that
one-half of all fines and other related fees derived from the shellfish trade
shall be used by the Division of Marine Resources for shellfish management and
to regulate the operation of shellfish houses; to make temporary provisions
for the use of mechanical harvesters in the areas adjacent to the mouth of the
Santee River until the rediversion of the river is complete, to create the
Joint Legislative Shellfish Study Committee; and to provide penalties.
04/14/81 House Introduced and read first time HJ-1806
04/14/81 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural
Resources HJ-1807
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