Current Status Bill Number:4594 Ratification Number:380 Act Number:314 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980210 Primary Sponsor:Rhoad All Sponsors:Rhoad, Bowers, R. Smith, Koon, Limehouse, Bauer, Bailey, Inabinett, Battle, J. Smith, Witherspoon, Sharpe, Davenport, T. Brown, Law, Webb, McAbee, Wilkes, Lloyd, Neal, Knotts, Edge, Miller, Hamilton, Loftis, Riser, Cave, Barfield, Littlejohn, Dantzler, Harvin, Phillips, Maddox, Hinson, Rodgers, Baxley, Leach, Cromer, Jennings and Neilson Drafted Document Number:dka\4779djc.98 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19980331 Date of Last Amendment:19980324 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19980526 Subject:Set hooks, use of bream and live nongame fish as bait authorized on certain rivers, Fish and Game
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19980611 Act No. A314 ------ 19980526 Signed by Governor ------ 19980521 Ratified R380 House 19980331 Concurred in Senate amendment, enrolled for ratification Senate 19980325 Read third time, returned to House with amendment Senate 19980324 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Wednesday, 19980325 Senate 19980324 Committee amendment adopted Senate 19980319 Committee report: Favorable with 07 SFGF amendment Senate 19980303 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to Committee House 19980227 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19980226 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on the next Legislative day House 19980226 Amended House 19980225 Committee report: Favorable with 20 HANR amendment House 19980210 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A314, R380, H4594)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1187, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BAIT AUTHORIZED TO BE USED WITH TROTLINES, SET HOOKS, AND JUGS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF LIVE NONGAME FISH AND BREAM ON SPECIFIED SET HOOKS ON THE EDISTO, BLACK, SAMPIT, BIG PEE DEE, LITTLE PEE DEE, LUMBER, AND WACCAMAW RIVERS, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BREAM A PERSON MAY HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION WHILE FISHING WITH NONGAME TACKLE ON THESE RIVERS, PROHIBIT THE USE OF BREAM AS BAIT AFTER JUNE 30, 2001, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Fish used as bait; limitations; penalties
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1187(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 24 of 1995, is further amended to read:
(B) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, on the Edisto, Black, Sampit, Big Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lumber, and Waccamaw Rivers, live nongame fish and bream may be used with single-barbed set hooks that have a shank-to-point gap of one and three-sixteenths inches or greater, provided that the use of bream as bait is not allowed after June 30, 2001. However, it is unlawful for any person to have in his possession more than thirty bream while fishing with nongame tackle on these rivers. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 26th day of May, 1998.