Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4483 Primary Sponsor:Snow Committee Number:20 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:St. Stephen Powerhouse Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Computer Document Number:NO5/7523BDW.94 Introduced Date:19940112 Date of Last Amendment:19940322 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940406 Last History Type:Recommitted to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Snow Riser Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 4483 House 19940406 Recommitted to Committee 20 4483 Senate 19940324 Read third time, returned to House with amendment 4483 Senate 19940322 Amended, read second time 4483 Senate 19940317 Committee Report: Favorable 07 with amendment 4483 Senate 19940215 Introduced, read first time, 07 referred to Committee 4483 House 19940211 Read third time, sent to Senate 4483 House 19940210 Amended, read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, February 1994 11 4483 House 19940209 Committee Report: Favorable 20 4483 House 19940112 Introduced, read first time, 20 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
March 22, 1994
H. 4483
S. Printed 3/22/94--S.
Read the first time February 15, 1994.
TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1198, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON HERRING FISHING AT ST. STEPHEN POWERHOUSE, SO AS TO REVISE AN INCORRECT REFERENCE AND REVISE THE SEASON TO WHICH THE LIMITATIONS APPLY.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1198 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1263, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-13-1198. Herring fishing is prohibited within one hundred feet of the fish lift exit channel at St. Stevens Stephen Powerhouse except with hook and line from March first February fifteenth through April May fifteenth."
SECTION 2. Section 50-13-2015 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 1263, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-13-2015. (A) A fish sanctuary is established in the St. Stephen Rediversion Canal between the Corps of Engineers' powerhouse and the Atlantic Coastline Railroad Bridge. It is unlawful for a person to fish in the sanctuary except as provided in this section.
(B) From March first February fifteenth to May first fifteenth each year, fishing for nongame fish is allowed from the Atlantic Seaboard Coastline Bridge Railroad upstream to a point marked by signs or buoys, or both. This location must be marked by the department determined after consultation with and with the permission recommendation of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Fishing is allowed from six p.m. to twelve midnight. The area otherwise is closed to all fishing and boating activities.
(C) The catch limit is five hundred pounds of fish or one hundred dozen fish a boat a day. Game fish taken must be returned immediately to the water. All fish, except those used for live bait, must be packed in boxes with a one hundred pound capacity before crossing back under the railroad bridge.
(D) No fishing devices may be used except cast nets, dip nets, or drop nets. The diameter of the dip or drop nets used may not exceed six feet. No nets may be operated by the use of mechanical devices such as winches, cranes, or pulleys.
(E) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.