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A220, R251, H3449

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bales
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5243cm15.docx

Introduced in the House on January 28, 2015
Introduced in the Senate on April 28, 2016
Last Amended on April 26, 2016
Passed by the General Assembly on June 1, 2016
Governor's Action: June 3, 2016, Signed

Summary: Nongame fishing devices and gear

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/28/2015  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 16)
   1/28/2015  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 16)
   4/21/2016  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 2)
   4/22/2016          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/26/2016  House   Amended (House Journal-page 180)
   4/26/2016  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 180)
   4/26/2016  House   Roll call Yeas-95  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 181)
   4/27/2016  House   Read third time and sent to Senate
   4/28/2016  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
   4/28/2016  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 5)
   5/31/2016  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 5)
   5/31/2016  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 5)
   5/31/2016  Senate  Roll call Ayes-37  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 5)
    6/1/2016  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 26)
    6/2/2016          Ratified R 251
    6/3/2016          Signed By Governor
    6/9/2016          Effective date See Act for Effective Date
    6/9/2016          Act No. 220

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/28/2015
4/21/2016
4/22/2016
4/26/2016
5/31/2016

(A220, R251, H3449)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-675, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NONGAME FISHING DEVICES AND GEAR THAT ARE PERMITTED TO BE USED IN CERTAIN BODIES OF FRESHWATER, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY ISSUE ONE RECREATIONAL LICENSE TO A PERSON SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER FOR THE USE OF HOOP NETS ALONG THE WATEREE RIVER, AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE.

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

Hoop net recreational licenses

SECTION    1.    Section 50-13-675(55) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 114 of 2012, is further amended to read:

"(55)    Wateree River:

(a)    hoop nets:

(i)        recreational license - persons sixty-five years of age or older - one;

(ii)    commercial license - ten;

(b)    set hooks:

(i)        recreational license - fifty;

(ii)    commercial license - fifty;

(c)    traps:

(i)        recreational license - two;

(ii)    commercial license - forty;

(d)    trotlines:

(i)        recreational license - one line with fifty hooks maximum;

(ii)    commercial license - three lines with one hundred fifty hooks maximum;"

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. However, Section 50-13-675(55)(a)(i) and Section 50-13-675(55)(a)(ii) are repealed on January 1, 2021.

Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2016.

Approved the 3rd day of June, 2016.

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