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Bill 3103

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3103
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Davenport
All Sponsors:                     Davenport
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\psd\7061ac99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Agriculture, Natural Resources and 
                                  Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR
Subject:                          Forestry Commission, Best Management 
                                  Practices Guidelines, to establish minimum 
                                  requirements of


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990112  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
House   19981209  Prefiled, referred to Committee        20 HANR


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 48-36-40 SO AS TO ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES GUIDELINES OF THE STATE COMMISSION ON FORESTRY, TO MAKE COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES MANDATORY, AND TO PROVIDE A CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 48-36-40. (A) The Best Management Practices Guidelines, at a minimum, must require:

(1) no cutting allowed during wet periods;

(2) no cutting within fifty feet from each side of a stream;

(3) establishment of stream side management zones (SSMZ's);

(4) water bars on roads;

(5) culverts of ample size in streams;

(6) grade limitations sufficient to prohibit clearcutting on steep grades; and

(7) mandatory notice to the commission for any cutting of over two hundred acres for purposes of the commission supervising the cutting.

(B) Compliance with the guidelines issued pursuant to this chapter is mandatory and any person violating these guidelines is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the commission of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation. Revenues of the penalty may be retained by the commission and used for its operations."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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