Rep. Ott proposes the following amendment (LC-1051.SA0005H):
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTIONS to read:
SECTION X. Section 50-13-675(9) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:(9) Congaree River:
(a) set hooks:
(i) recreational license-fifty;
(ii) commercial license-fifty;
(b) traps:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-ten;
(c) trotlines:
(i) recreational license-one line with fifty hooks maximum;
(ii) commercial license-three lines with one hundred fifty hooks maximum;
(d) hoop nets:
(i) recreational license-residents sixty-five years of age or older � one;
(ii) the provisions contained in Section 50-13-675(9)(d) expire on January 1, 2030;
SECTION X. Section 50-13-675(23) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(23) Lakes Marion and Moultrie, and the upper reach of the Santee River:
(a) traps:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-twenty-five;
(b) trotlines: Hooks must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than seven-sixteenths inch:
(i) recreational license-one line with fifty hooks maximum;
(ii) commercial license-three lines with not more than four hundred hooks on each line;
(c) set hooks: Recreational license � Upper Reach of the Santee River � fifty hooks. The use of set hooks in the Upper Reach of the Santee River as described in this item expire on January 1, 2030.