BIL: 1340

RTN: 380

ACN: 373

TYP: General Bill GB

INB: Senate

IND: 20000413

PSP: Ravenel

SPO: Ravenel, Mescher and McConnell

DDN: l:\council\bills\swb\5163djc00.doc

DPB: 20000525

LAD: 20000523

GOV: S

DGA: 20000606

SUB: Shrimp baiting license, issuance of; Cast net requirements when taking shrimp over bait; Fish and Game

HST:

Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved

______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________

------ 20000711 Act No. A373

------ 20000606 Signed by Governor

------ 20000531 Ratified R380

Senate 20000525 Concurred in House amendment,

enrolled for ratification

House 20000524 Read third time, returned to Senate

with amendment

------ 20000524 Scrivener's error corrected

House 20000523 Amended, read second time

------ 20000519 Scrivener's error corrected

House 20000517 Committee report: Favorable with 20 HANR

amendment

House 20000425 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR

referred to Committee

Senate 20000424 Read third time, sent to House

Senate 20000420 Read second time, unanimous

consent for third reading on

Monday, 20000424

Senate 20000419 Recalled from Committee, 07 SFGF

placed on the Calendar

Senate 20000413 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF

referred to Committee

Versions of This Bill

Revised on 20000419

Revised on 20000517

Revised on 20000519

Revised on 20000523

Revised on 20000524

TXT:


(A373, R380, S1340)

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 11, CHAPTER 5, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SHRIMP, BY ADDING SECTION 50‑5‑1102, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS MAY NOT OBTAIN OR HOLD A SHRIMP BAITING LICENSE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000, AND 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:

Persons who may not obtain or hold shrimp baiting license; penalties

SECTION 1. Article 11, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 245 of 2000, is amended by adding:

“Section 50‑5‑1102. (A) Effective July 1, 2000, the following may not obtain or attempt to obtain a shrimp baiting license:

(1) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, owns a vessel specified on a trawl license;

(2) any person named as master of a vessel specified on a trawl license application;

(3) any person licensed to use a channel net;

(4) any person licensed to use a cast net for a commercial purpose; or

(5) any person who, or officer of a corporation which, is licensed as a wholesale seafood dealer.

(B) No person holding a shrimp baiting license may be a person specified in subsection (A).

(C) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.”

Mesh size and stretch measure for shrimp cast nets

SECTION 2. Article 11, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 245 of 2000, 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. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.”

Time effective

SECTION 3. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 31st day of May, 2000.

Approved the 6th day of June, 2000.

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