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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3803 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990331 Primary Sponsor:D. Smith All Sponsors:D. Smith and Maddox Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9174som99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Subject:Water hyacinth or hydrilla, prohibited to possess, sale, etc.; Fish and Game, Natural Resources Department History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990331 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1415, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST POSSESSION, SALE, IMPORTATION INTO THE STATE, OR RELEASE INTO THE WATERS OF THE STATE OF WATER HYACINTH AND HYDRILLA, SO AS TO PROVIDE PENALTIES UPON CONVICTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1415 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-13-1415. (A) No It is unlawful for a person shall to possess, sell, offer for sale, import, bring, or cause to be brought or imported into this State, or release or place into any waters of this State any of the following plants:
(1) Water Hyacinth;
(2) Hydrilla. Provided, however, that However, the department may issue special import permits to qualified persons for research purposes only.
(B) The department shall prescribe the methods, control, and restrictions to which are to be adhered to by any a person or his agent to whom a special permit under the provisions of this section is issued must adhere. The department is authorized to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. and The department, by regulation, is specifically authorized to prohibit additional species of plants from being imported, possessed, or sold in this State when, in the discretion of the department, such species of plants are potentially dangerous.
(C) The penalty for a violation of subsection (A), upon conviction, is a fine of up to five thousand dollars."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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