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Bill 1340

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1340
Ratification Number:              380
Act Number:                       373
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000413
Primary Sponsor:                  Ravenel
All Sponsors:                     Ravenel, Mescher and McConnell
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5163djc00.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000525
Date of Last Amendment:           20000523
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20000606
Subject:                          Shrimp baiting license, issuance of; Cast 
                                  net requirements when taking shrimp over bait; 
                                  Fish and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000711  Act No. A373
------  20000606  Signed by Governor
------  20000531  Ratified R380
Senate  20000525  Concurred in House amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
House   20000524  Read third time, returned to Senate
                  with amendment
------  20000524  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000523  Amended, read second time
------  20000519  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000517  Committee report: Favorable with       20 HANR
                  amendment
House   20000425  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20000424  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  20000420  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on 
                  Monday, 20000424
Senate  20000419  Recalled from Committee,               07 SFGF
                  placed on the Calendar
Senate  20000413  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 19, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 17, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 19, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 23, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 24, 2000 - Word format

(A373, R380, S1340)

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 11, CHAPTER 5, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHRIMP, BY ADDING SECTION 50-5-1102, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS MAY NOT OBTAIN OR HOLD A SHRIMP BAITING LICENSE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000, AND SECTION 50-5-1110, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002, WHEN TAKING SHRIMP OVER BAIT, NO CAST NET MAY BE USED HAVING A MESH SIZE SMALLER THAN ONE-HALF INCH SQUARE MEASURE OR ONE INCH STRETCH MEASURE.

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

Persons who may not obtain or hold shrimp baiting license; penalties

SECTION 1. Article 11, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 245 of 2000, is amended by adding:

"Section 50-5-1102. (A) Effective July 1, 2000, the following may not obtain or attempt to obtain a shrimp baiting license:

(1) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, owns a vessel specified on a trawl license;

(2) any person named as master of a vessel specified on a trawl license application;

(3) any person licensed to use a channel net;

(4) any person licensed to use a cast net for a commercial purpose; or

(5) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, is licensed as a wholesale seafood dealer.

(B) No person holding a shrimp baiting license may be a person specified in subsection (A).

(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."

Mesh size and stretch measure for shrimp cast nets

SECTION 2. Article 11, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 245 of 2000, is amended by adding:

"Section 50-5-1110. Effective July 1, 2002, when taking shrimp over bait, no cast net may be used having a mesh size smaller than one-half inch square measure or one inch stretch measure. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."

Time effective

SECTION 3. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, 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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