South Carolina General Assembly
110th Session, 1993-1994

Bill 4067

                    Current Status
Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    4067
Ratification Number:            330
Act Number:                     316
Primary Sponsor:                White
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Crab trawling
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19940224
Computer Document Number:       NO5/7135BD.93
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19940316
Introduced Date:                19930414
Date of Last Amendment:         19940126
Last History Body:              ------
Last History Date:              19940316
Last History Type:              Act No. 316
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   White
Type of Legislation:             General Bill
History

Bill   Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
----   ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---  ------------
4067   ------  19940316      Act No. 316
4067   ------  19940316      Signed by Governor
4067   ------  19940310      Ratified R 330
4067   Senate  19940224      Read third time, enrolled for
                             ratification
4067   Senate  19940223      Read second time
4067   Senate  19940222      Committee Report: Favorable     07
4067   Senate  19940201      Introduced, read first time,    07
                             referred to Committee
4067   House   19940127      Read third time, sent to
                             Senate
4067   House   19940126      Amended, read second time
4067   House   19940119      Committee Report: Favorable     20
                             with amendment
4067   House   19930414      Introduced, read first time,    20
                             referred to Committee
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(A316, R330, H4067)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-760, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CLOSED SEASON FOR USING CRAB POTS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IN CERTAIN AREAS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE USE WITHIN EUHAW CREEK UPSTREAM OF TICKTON HALL IN JASPER COUNTY.

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

Prohibition on the use of crab pots for commercial purposes in Jasper County

SECTION 1. Section 50-17-760 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1265, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-17-760. It is unlawful to set or use a trap or basket commonly termed a `crab pot' to catch crab for commercial purposes within the tributaries, between the headlands, and within Chechessee Creek in Beaufort County and Euhaw Creek upstream of Tickton Hall in Jasper County and between May first and October first within Pawley's Island Creek and Midway Creek on Pawley's Island in Georgetown County. Individuals may set two crab pots to catch crabs for personal consumption and not for sale."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 16th day of March, 1994.