1999-2000 Bill 450: Trotline Hooks to Be Capable of Passing Through Three Inch Long Cylinder

BIL:450

TYP:General Bill GB

INB:Senate

IND:19990203

PSP:Grooms

SPO:Grooms

DDN:l:\s-res\lkg\002trot.jh.doc

RBY:House

COM:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR

LAD:19990512

SUB:Trotline hooks to be capable of passing through three inch long cylinder, Fish and Game

HST:

BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved

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House19990518Introduced, read first time,20 HANR

referred to Committee

Senate19990513Read third time, sent to House

Senate19990512Read second time

Senate19990512Committee amendment adopted

Senate19990511Committee report: Favorable with07 SFGF

amendment

Senate19990203Introduced, read first time,07 SFGF

referred to Committee

Printed Versions of This Bill

Ordered Printed on 19990511

Ordered Printed on 19990512

TXT:

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

May 12, 1999

S.450

Introduced by Senator Grooms

S. Printed 5/12/99--S.

Read the first time February 3, 1999.

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1180 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS REGARDING TROTLINES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT TROTLINE HOOKS USED IN LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE MUST, IN ADDITION TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS, BE CAPABLE OF BEING PASSED THROUGH A THREE-INCH-LONG CYLINDER WITH A ONE-HALF INCH INSIDE DIAMETER, AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1192, RELATING TO NONGAME FISHING DEVICES, SO AS TO RESTRICT FROM TWO TO ONE THOUSAND THE NUMBER OF TROTLINE HOOKS THAT MAY BE USED WITH A COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE AND TO REQUIRE THAT THESE HOOKS BE CAPABLE OF BEING PASSED THROUGH A THREE-INCH CYLINDER WITH AN INSIDE DIAMETER OF ONE-HALF INCH.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION1.Section 50-13-1180(F) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(F)Trotline hooks used in Lakes Marion and Moultrie must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than sevensixteenths inch and must pass through a three-inch-long cylinder with an inside diameter of one-half inch."

SECTION2.Section 50-13-1192(34)(b) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(b)trotlines: two thousand hooks maximum with commercial license. Hooks must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than sevensixteenths inch and must pass through a three-inch-long cylinder with an inside diameter of one-half inch;"

SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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