South Carolina General Assembly
125th Session, 2023-2024
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H. 5121
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Ott
Document Path: LC-0350PH24.docx
Introduced in the House on February 15, 2024
Introduced in the Senate on April 2, 2024
Last Amended on March 27, 2024
Fish, Game and Forestry
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
| Date | Body | Action Description with journal page number |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2024 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 29) |
| 2/15/2024 | House | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 29) |
| 3/26/2024 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 2) |
| 3/27/2024 | House | Amended (House Journal-page 34) |
| 3/27/2024 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 34) |
| 3/27/2024 | House | Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-0 (House Journal-page 35) |
| 3/28/2024 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 22) |
| 3/28/2024 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 4/2/2024 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 22) |
| 4/2/2024 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry (Senate Journal-page 22) |
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/15/2024
03/26/2024
03/27/2024
03/28/2024
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Amended
March 27, 2024
H. 5121
Introduced by Rep. Ott
S. Printed 03/27/24--H. [SEC 3/28/2024 12:29 PM]
Read the first time February 15, 2024
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A bill
TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-1-50, RELATING TO GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR LAKE MARION, SO AS TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-675, RELATING TO NONGAME FISHING DEVICES OR GEAR PERMITTED IN CERTAIN BODIES OF FRESHWATER, SO AS TO PERMIT HOOP NETS IN THE CONGAREE RIVER.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-675(9) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(9) Congaree River:
(a) set hooks:
(i) recreational license-fifty;
(ii) commercial license-fifty;
(b) traps:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-ten;
(c) trotlines:
(i) recreational license-one line with fifty hooks maximum;
(ii) commercial license-three lines with one hundred fifty hooks maximum;
(d) hoop nets:
(i) recreational license-residents sixty-five years of age or older - one;
(ii) the provisions contained in Section 50-13-675(9)(d) expire on January 1, 2030;
SECTION 2. Section 50-13-675(23) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:
(23) Lakes Marion and Moultrie, and the upper reach of the Santee River:
(a) traps:
(i) recreational license-two;
(ii) commercial license-twenty-five;
(b) trotlines: Hooks must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than seven-sixteenths inch:
(i) recreational license-one line with fifty hooks maximum;
(ii) commercial license-three lines with not more than four hundred hooks on each line;
(c) set hooks: Recreational license - Upper Reach of the Santee River - fifty hooks. The use of set hooks in the Upper Reach of the Santee River as described in this item expire on January 1, 2030.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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