South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 3237


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3237
Ratification Number:              67
Act Number:                       31
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010110
Primary Sponsor:                  Witherspoon
All Sponsors:                     Witherspoon, Frye, Littlejohn
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5096djc01.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20010410
Date of Last Amendment:           20010405
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        20010529
Subject:                          Trotlines, use of bream as bait on; 
                                  prohibition for use on certain rivers removed; 
                                  Fish and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  20010611  Act No. A31
------  20010529  Signed by Governor
------  20010523  Ratified R67
Senate  20010410  Concurred in House amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
House   20010405  Senate amendments amended,
                  returned to Senate with amendment
House   20010404  Debate adjourned on Senate
                  amendments
Senate  20010329  Read third time, returned to House
                  with amendment
------  20010329  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20010328  Read second time
Senate  20010328  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  20010327  Committee report: Favorable with       07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  20010214  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   20010214  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20010213  Read second time
House   20010207  Committee report: Favorable            20 HANR
House   20010110  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on February 7, 2001 - Word format
Revised on March 27, 2001 - Word format
Revised on March 28, 2001 - Word format
Revised on March 29, 2001 - Word format
Revised on April 5, 2001 - Word format

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(A31, R67, H3237)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1187, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BAIT THAT MAY BE USED WITH TROTLINES, SET HOOKS, AND JUGS, SO AS TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF BREAM AS BAIT ON CERTAIN TROTLINES AFTER JUNE 30, 2001, ON THE EDISTO, BLACK, SAMPIT, BIG PEE DEE, LITTLE PEE DEE, LUMBER, AND WACCAMAW RIVERS, AND TO ALSO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF BREAM AS BAIT ON TROTLINES AFTER JUNE 30, 2001, ON THE BLACK, BIG PEE DEE, LITTLE PEE DEE, LUMBER, AND WACCAMAW RIVERS.

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

Bait which may be used with trotlines, set hooks, and jugs; violations; penalties

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1187 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 53 of 1999, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-13-1187. (A) Except as provided in subsections (B) and (C), no game fish, live bait, or other bait other than bait listed below may be used with trotlines, set hooks, and jugs:

(1) soap;

(2) dough balls;

(3) cut fish which must be nongame fish cut into at least three equal parts;

(4) shrimp;

(5) meat scraps which may not include insects, worms, or other invertebrates;

(6) grapes.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, on the Edisto, Black, Sampit, Big Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lumber, and Waccamaw Rivers, live nongame fish and bream may be used with single-barbed set hooks that have a shank-to-point gap of one and three-sixteenths inches or greater. However, it is unlawful for any person to have in his possession more than thirty bream while fishing with nongame tackle on these rivers.

(C) Live nongame fish and bream may be used on trotlines having not more than twenty hooks that have a shank-to-point gap of one and three-sixteenths inches or greater on the Black, Big Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lumber, and Waccamaw Rivers. However, it is unlawful for any person to have in his possession more than thirty bream while fishing with nongame tackle on these rivers.

(D) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 23rd day of May, 2001.

Approved the 29th day of May, 2001.

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