South Carolina General Assembly
105th Session, 1983-1984

Bill 952

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               952
Ratification Number:       560
Act Number:                468
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to licenses for captains or
                           masters of trawling vessels and owners of
                           fish, shrimp, or crab boats
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(A468, R560, S952)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-17-425, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LICENSES FOR CAPTAINS OR MASTERS OF TRAWLING VESSELS AND OWNERS OF FISH, SHRIMP, OR CRAB BOATS MUST BE APPLIED FOR BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND FEBRUARY 1 OF ANY YEAR, EXCEPT FOR OWNERS WHO PURCHASE OR CONSTRUCT A VESSEL AFTER JANUARY 31 OF ANY YEAR OR WHEN A CAPTAIN OF A LICENSED VESSEL IS CHANGED; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-410, RELATING TO LICENSES FOR OWNERS OF FISH, SHRIMP, OR CRAB BOATS, SO AS TO INCREASE NONRESIDENT TRAWLER LICENSE FEES FROM SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PLUS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS TO SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PLUS TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.

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

Applications for license

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-17-425. Applications for licenses provided for under Sections 50-17-330 and 50-17-410 must be received between January 1 and February 1 for the license period beginning July 1 of that year. Payment of required license fees received before or after the dates specified must not be accepted and must be returned.

Persons who purchase or construct a vessel after January 31 of any year are eligible for the licenses referred to under this section, if they apply and submit payment of the specified fees within forty-five days of the date of purchase, or completion of construction of the vessel, and submit a bill of sale, documentation papers, or other validation that the Division may require. If it becomes necessary to change the captain of a licensed vessel at any time, the person who replaces him may acquire a captain's license under Section 50-17-330."

License required

SECTION 2. The second paragraph of Section 50-17-410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"All owners of shrimp and crab trawling boats who are nonresidents of this State shall, before operating the boats in the waters of this State, secure a license for each boat as required of residents under the preceding paragraph, upon payment of the like sum of seventy-five dollars for each boat so licensed and shall, in addition, pay a fee of two hundred twenty-five dollars."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.