Current Status Bill Number:4741 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19960313 Primary Sponsor:McTeer All Sponsors:McTeer and White Drafted Document Number:ghj\22472sd.96 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee 20 HANR Subject:Crab pots, catching in Coles Creek
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House 19960313 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR
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TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-760, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL USE OF CRAB POTS TO CATCH CRAB FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IN CERTAIN WATERS, SO AS TO ALSO PROHIBIT SUCH USE IN COLES CREEK ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF COLES ISLAND IN BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-17-760 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 316 of 1994, 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, Coles Creek on the north and south side of Coles Island in Beaufort and Jasper Counties, 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."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.