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H. 3957
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hewitt, Kirby, Bailey and G.M. Smith
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\6027cm21.docx
Introduced in the House on February 23, 2021
Introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2021
Last Amended on March 16, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
Summary: Flounder- catch size and limits
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/23/2021 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 40)
2/23/2021 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 40)
3/11/2021 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture,
Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
(House Journal-page 3)
3/16/2021 House Amended (House Journal-page 18)
3/16/2021 House Read second time (House Journal-page 20)
3/16/2021 House Roll call Yeas-106 Nays-3 (House Journal-page 21)
3/17/2021 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 22)
3/17/2021 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
3/17/2021 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
(Senate Journal-page 8)
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AMENDED
March 16, 2021
H. 3957
S. Printed 3/16/21--H.
Read the first time February 23, 2021.
TO AMEND SECTIONS 50-5-1705 AND 50-5-1710, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CATCH AND SIZE LIMITS FOR THE TAKING, POSSESSING, LANDING, SELLING, OR PURCHASING OF CERTAIN FISH FROM THE STATE'S WATERS, SO AS TO DECREASE THE CATCH LIMIT AND INCREASE THE SIZE LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-5-1705(G) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(G) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess more than ten five flounder (Paralichthys species) taken by means of gig, spear, hook and line, or similar device in any one day, not to exceed twenty ten flounder in any one day on any boat."
SECTION 2. Section 50-5-1710(B)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) flounder (Paralichthys) of less than fifteen sixteen inches total length, or more than twenty inches in total length, provided that one flounder (Paralichthys) taken or possessed may be greater than twenty inches, not to exceed two per boat;"
SECTION 3. The amendments contained in SECTIONS 1 and 2 of this act are repealed on June 30, 2025 and the text amended by these SECTIONS therefore shall revert back to the language as contained in the South Carolina Code of Laws as of January 1, 2020.
SECTION 4. The Department of Natural Resources shall furnish a written report to the General Assembly on South Carolina's stock of flounder by January 30, 2025. The report must provide future projections.
SECTION 5. This act takes effect on July 1, 2021.
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