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Bill 4881

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4881
Ratification Number:              391
Act Number:                       327
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000405
Primary Sponsor:                  Witherspoon
All Sponsors:                     Witherspoon
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5147djc00.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20000526
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20000606
Subject:                          Shrimp trawls having total foot rope 
                                  length greater than two hundred twenty feet 
                                  unlawful, Fish and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20000616  Act No. A327
------  20000606  Signed by Governor
------  20000531  Ratified R391
Senate  20000526  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  20000525  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on 
                  Friday, 20000526
Senate  20000524  Polled out of Committee:               07 SFGF
                  Favorable
Senate  20000504  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   20000504  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20000503  Read second time
House   20000503  Request for debate withdrawn
                  by Representative                              Fleming
                                                                 Cato
                                                                 Knotts
House   20000425  Request for debate by Representative           Cato
                                                                 Fleming
                                                                 Knotts
                                                                 Koon
                                                                 Stuart
                                                                 Sharpe
                                                                 Witherspoon
------  20000420  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20000419  Committee report: Favorable            20 HANR
House   20000405  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 19, 2000 - Word format
Revised on April 20, 2000 - Word format
Revised on May 24, 2000 - Word format

(A327, R391, H4881)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-770, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHRIMP TRAWLS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HAVE ON BOARD OR TO TRAWL WITH ANY TRAWL HAVING A TOTAL FOOT ROPE LENGTH GREATER THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FEET, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION.

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

Unlawful to have on board or trawl with shrimp trawl having rope length greater than two hundred twenty feet; penalties

SECTION 1. Section 50-5-770 of the 1976 Code, as added by an act of 2000 bearing ratification number 253, is amended to read:

"Section 50-5-770. (A) A shrimp trawl made in part or in whole of any webbing less than two and one-half inches stretched mesh and exceeding a head rope length of sixteen feet used in the waters of this State must contain one or more department-approved, properly installed bycatch reduction devices.

(B) It is unlawful to have on board a vessel or to trawl with any trawl or trawls having a total foot rope length greater than two hundred twenty feet, not including the foot rope length of:

(1) a single trawl not greater than sixteen feet when used as a try net, or

(2) any trawl bundled and stored below deck or secured in a locked bin or container on deck.

(C) When a vessel is underway, this section applies to trawls attached to trawl doors.

(D) When a vessel is moored at a dock or anchored, this section applies to trawls attached to trawl doors or hung in the vessel's rigging.

(E) The department may exempt trawls utilized by persons holding a valid scientific collection permit granted by the department.

(F) A person who violates subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, and any such trawl may be seized.

(G) A person who violates subsection (B) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, and any trawl on board may be seized."

Time effective

SECTION 2. 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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