South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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A176, R190, H4946

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Erickson, Bradley, Bowers and M. Rivers
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5423cm18.docx

Introduced in the House on February 15, 2018
Introduced in the Senate on March 21, 2018
Last Amended on March 20, 2018
Passed by the General Assembly on April 26, 2018
Governor's Action: May 3, 2018, Signed

Summary: Shellfish permits

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/15/2018  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 62)
   2/15/2018  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 62)
   2/27/2018  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: W.Newton, 
                        Herbkersman
    3/8/2018  House   Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 104)
   3/20/2018  House   Amended (House Journal-page 41)
   3/20/2018  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 41)
   3/20/2018  House   Roll call Yeas-97  Nays-5 (House Journal-page 42)
   3/21/2018  House   Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 9)
   3/21/2018  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 7)
   3/21/2018  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 7)
   4/18/2018  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 13)
   4/25/2018  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 34)
   4/25/2018  Senate  Roll call Ayes-43  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 34)
   4/26/2018  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 19)
    5/1/2018          Ratified R 190
    5/3/2018          Signed By Governor
   5/11/2018          Effective date 05/03/18
   5/14/2018          Act No. 176

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/15/2018
3/8/2018
3/20/2018
4/18/2018

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A176, R190, H4946)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1005, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SHELLFISH IMPORTATION PERMITS AND PERMITS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH, INCLUDING POLYPLOID SHELLFISH, SO AS TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO PERSONS TO POSSESS, PRODUCE, PURCHASE, OR SELL GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH AND TO NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PLACEMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHELLFISH IN CERTAIN WATERS OF THIS STATE.

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

Shellfish permits

SECTION    1.    Section 50-5-1005(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(B)(1)    The department may grant permits to persons to possess, produce, purchase, or sell polyploid shellfish.

(2)    No polyploid shellfish, may be placed in the waters of this State or waters connected to the waters of this State, except under the provisions of a permit issued by the department."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 1st day of May, 2018.

Approved the 3rd day of May, 2018.

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