Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4249 Primary Sponsor:Trotter Committee Number:20 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Bass limits; nonresident fishing license Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Introduced Date:19930527 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930527 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Trotter Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 4249 House 19930527 Introduced, read first time, 20 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-13-215 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE DAILY CREEL LIMIT AND SIZE LIMIT ON LARGE MOUTH BASS ON LAKES JOCASSEE AND KEOWEE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-9-460, RELATING TO NONRESIDENT FISHING LICENSES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LICENSE FEE AND CLARIFY ITS USE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-13-215. Notwithstanding Sections 50-13-210(2) and 50-13-120, the daily creel limit is five and the size limit is fourteen inches on large mouth bass on Lakes Jocassee and Keowee."
SECTION 2. Section 50-9-460 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 50-9-460. All nonresidents of this State, before fishing for game or other fish in any manner in the inland streams or waters of this State, first shall first procure a nonresident fishing license, the fee for which is thirty-five fifty dollars, one dollar of which may be retained by the issuing agent. The license must be in form and design as designated by the director and must be carried upon the person of the licensee at all times when fishing. It is unlawful for the licensee, the selling agent, or any other another person to alter or to change the date or to back date any a license. Upon conviction for violation of this section the license shall immediately must be forfeited to the State. Any A person violating the provisions of this section must, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of fined two hundred dollars, of which no part may be suspended in whole or in part, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding more than thirty days for each offense. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, all proceeds from the sale of nonresident fishing licenses and from fines and forfeitures from convictions of violations of this section must be credited to the county game fund of any a county in which the licenses are sold, and the funds must be expended in the respective counties for the purposes of propagation of fish and game, for the promotion and conservation of wildlife resources, and for the enforcement of game laws."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.