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H*2742 (Rat #0308, Act #0301 of 1988) General Bill, By House Agriculture and Natural Resources
A Bill to amend Section 50-17-1620, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the use of a cast net to take shrimp, so as to provide that it is unlawful to catch or take shrimp by any means, rather than by cast net alone, for commercial purposes outside the areas as specified in certain Code Sections or outside the legal channel net zones as established by the Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, make it unlawful to take or attempt to take shrimp by use of a shrimp trap or shrimp pot, require the Department to establish annually a sixty-day open season between September first and November fifteenth for taking shrimp over baited areas, make it unlawful to take or attempt to take shrimp over bait during the closed season for taking shrimp over bait except by use of a drop net from certain structures, make it unlawful for a resident or nonresident to take shrimp by cast net over bait during the open season unless he first obtains a shrimp baiting permit and associated tags, make it unlawful to borrow, loan, or exchange a baiting permit or tags with another person and provide certain penalties, provide for a fee for a resident shrimp baiting permit and associated tags of twenty-five dollars and for a fee for the issuance of the nonresident shrimp baiting permit and associated tags of five hundred dollars, provide for a fee for the issuance of duplicate shrimp baiting permit of twenty-five dollars for residents and of one hundred dollars for nonresidents, provide for a fee for the issuance of each duplicate tag of one dollar for residents and of four dollars for nonresidents, provide for the use of monies derived from the issuance of all permits and tags, make it unlawful to catch or take shrimp over a baited area except under certain conditions and provide certain exemptions to the prohibition outright, make it unlawful during the closed season for taking shrimp over bait to have aboard any boat any poles or material that can be used to attract, lure, or cause shrimp to congregate, make it unlawful to set poles within fifty yards of a dock or public landing or boat ramp, provide various penalties for the violation of different portions of Section 50-17-1620, provide that each quart of shrimp taken in violation of the provisions of this Section may constitute a separate offense, provide that no part of the fines provided in this Section may be suspended, and delete certain language; and to amend Section 50-17-1621, relating to the limit on the catch of shrimp by seine or cast net, so as to delete certain provisions, provide that when taking shrimp over bait, there is a catch limit of not more than forty-eight, rather than fifty, quarts of whole shrimp or twenty-nine, rather than thirty, quarts of headed shrimp for each set of poles a day, provide a catch limit when no bait is being used, provide a catch limit when a seine or seines are being used to take shrimp, make it unlawful, with certain exceptions, for any person to have in his immediate control or possession more than forty-eight quarts of whole shrimp or twenty-nine quarts of headed shrimp while on the waters or the lands immediately adjacent to the waters and provide for a possession limit, provide for various penalties, and provide that no part of the fines in this Section may be suspended.-amended title
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A Bill to amend Section 50-17-1620, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the use of a cast net to take shrimp, so as to provide that it is unlawful to catch or take shrimp by any means, rather than by cast net alone, for commercial purposes outside the areas as specified in certain Code Sections or outside the legal channel net zones as established by the Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, make it unlawful to take or attempt to take shrimp by use of a shrimp trap or shrimp pot, require the Department to establish annually a sixty-day open season between September first and November fifteenth for taking shrimp over baited areas, make it unlawful to take or attempt to take shrimp over bait during the closed season for taking shrimp over bait except by use of a drop net from certain structures, make it unlawful for a resident or nonresident to take shrimp by cast net over bait during the open season unless he first obtains a shrimp baiting permit and associated tags, make it unlawful to borrow, loan, or exchange a baiting permit or tags with another person and provide certain penalties, provide for a fee for a resident shrimp baiting permit and associated tags of twenty-five dollars and for a fee for the issuance of the nonresident shrimp baiting permit and associated tags of five hundred dollars, provide for a fee for the issuance of duplicate shrimp baiting permit of twenty-five dollars for residents and of one hundred dollars for nonresidents, provide for a fee for the issuance of each duplicate tag of one dollar for residents and of four dollars for nonresidents, provide for the use of monies derived from the issuance of all permits and tags, make it unlawful to catch or take shrimp over a baited area except under certain conditions and provide certain exemptions to the prohibition outright, make it unlawful during the closed season for taking shrimp over bait to have aboard any boat any poles or material that can be used to attract, lure, or cause shrimp to congregate, make it unlawful to set poles within fifty yards of a dock or public landing or boat ramp, provide various penalties for the violation of different portions of Section 50-17-1620, provide that each quart of shrimp taken in violation of the provisions of this Section may constitute a separate offense, provide that no part of the fines provided in this Section may be suspended, and delete certain language; and to amend Section 50-17-1621, relating to the limit on the catch of shrimp by seine or cast net, so as to delete certain provisions, provide that when taking shrimp over bait, there is a catch limit of not more than forty-eight, rather than fifty, quarts of whole shrimp or twenty-nine, rather than thirty, quarts of headed shrimp for each set of poles a day, provide a catch limit when no bait is being used, provide a catch limit when a seine or seines are being used to take shrimp, make it unlawful, with certain exceptions, for any person to have in his immediate control or possession more than forty-eight quarts of whole shrimp or twenty-nine quarts of headed shrimp while on the waters or the lands immediately adjacent to the waters and provide for a possession limit, provide for various penalties, and provide that no part of the fines in this Section may be suspended.-amended title
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| 03/25/87 | House | Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference HJ-1439 |
| 03/31/87 | House | Debate adjourned HJ-1498 |
| 04/01/87 | House | Objection by Rep. J. Bradley, Barfield & Dangerfield HJ-1523 |
| 04/02/87 | House | Objection withdrawn by Rep. Dangerfield HJ-1598 |
| 04/02/87 | House | Objection by Rep. Kohn HJ-1612 |
| 04/15/87 | House | Special order, set for after 2nd read or other consideration of H2072 (H 3023) HJ-1896 |
| 04/15/87 | House | Amended HJ-1920 |
| 04/15/87 | House | Read second time HJ-1927 |
| 04/16/87 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2007 |
| 04/21/87 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-1397 |
| 04/21/87 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-1398 |
| 05/05/87 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-1671 |
| 05/07/87 | Senate | Amended SJ-1768 |
| 05/07/87 | Senate | Read second time SJ-1770 |
| 05/07/87 | Senate | Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day SJ-1771 |
| 05/08/87 | Senate | Read third time SJ-1776 |
| 05/08/87 | Senate | Returned SJ-1776 |
| 05/14/87 | House | Senate amendment amended HJ-1743 |
| 05/14/87 | House | Returned HJ-1744 |
| 05/19/87 | Senate | Non-concurrence in House amendment SJ-1958 |
| 05/19/87 | House | House insists upon amendment and conference committee appointed Reps. Foxworth, Day & J. Bradley HJ-2884 |
| 05/21/87 | Senate | Conference committee appointed Sens. Waddell, McConnell, and Drummond SJ-2098 |
| 06/04/87 | House | Rep J Bradley resigns as conferree-Rep Pearce appointe HJ-3762 |
| 06/04/87 | House | Conference report received HJ-3779 |
| 06/04/87 | House | Debate interrupted HJ-3787 |
| 06/25/87 | House | Debate adjourned |
| 01/12/88 | House | Debate adjourned HJ-296 |
| 01/20/88 | House | Recommitted to conference committee HJ-447 |
| 01/20/88 | House | Conference report received HJ-449 |
| 01/20/88 | House | Conference report adopted HJ-455 |
| 01/21/88 | Senate | Conference report recommitted SJ-25 |
| 01/21/88 | Senate | Conference report received SJ-38 |
| 01/21/88 | Senate | Conference report adopted SJ-44 |
| 01/21/88 | Senate | Ordered enrolled for ratification SJ-44 |
| 01/28/88 | Ratified R 308 | |
| 02/03/88 | Signed By Governor | |
| 02/03/88 | Effective date 02/03/88 | |
| 02/03/88 | Act No. 301 | |
| 03/01/88 | Copies available |