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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4935 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000413 Primary Sponsor:Witherspoon All Sponsors:Witherspoon Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5168djc00.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Subject:Shrimp, taking over bait; cast net, mesh size to be smaller than certain square or stretch measure; Fish and Game History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000413 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND ARTICLE 11, CHAPTER 5, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHRIMP, BY ADDING 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:
SECTION 1. Article 11, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code 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."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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