Senate Amendment 1
H 3433 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Saltwater privileges, suspension

Senator Campsen proposes the following amendment (SFGF-3433.BC0005S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, and 4 and inserting:

SECTION X.A. Section 50-5-2510 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 50-5-2510. (A) The department must suspend for one year the related saltwater privileges and associated licenses, stamps, and permits issued to a person or entity that who has accumulated eighteen or more points under any point category. Privileges related to each point category are as follows:

 (1) commercial:   any and all commercial saltwater fishing license, equipment license, and bait dealer license, and

 (2) recreational:   marine recreational fishing stamprecreational saltwater fishing license, pier license, charter fishing vessel license, shrimp baiting license, and any other saltwater licenses utilized for recreational purposes.

 (B) Any suspension under this article begins the eleventh twenty-first day after the person or entity receives written notice by mail, return receipt requested,department mails written notice of the suspension and ends the same day the following year.

B. Section 50-5-2515 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 50-5-2515. (A) Upon determination by the department that a person or entity has accumulated sufficient points to warrant the suspension of any saltwater privilege, the department must notify the person or entity in writing, return receipt requested, that histhe person's or entity's saltwater privilege has been suspended, and the person or entity must return all the suspended licenses, stamps, or permits in histhe person's or entity's name to the department within ten days no later than ten days following the effective date of the suspension.

(B) The notice of the suspension must be given by the department by depositing the notice in the United States mail with postage prepaid addressed to the person or entity at the address contained in the records of the department. The giving of notice by mail is complete twenty days after the deposit of the notice. A certificate by the director of the department, or his designee, that the notice has been sent as required in this section is presumptive proof that the requirements as to notice of suspension have been met even if the notice has not been received by the addressee. 

SECTION X.A. Section 50-9-1140 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 50-9-1140.The department shall suspend for one year the hunting and fishing privileges of a person who has eighteen or more points. The suspension begins the  eleventh twenty-first day after the person receives written notice by mail, return receipt requested,department mails written notice of the suspension, and ends the same day the following year.

B. Section 50-9-1150 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 50-9-1150. (A) Upon determination that a licenseeperson has accumulated sufficient points to warrant suspension of privileges, the department shall notify him in writing that his privileges are suspended, and the licenseeperson shall return the license and any tags in the person's name to the department within ten days no later than ten days following the effective date of the suspension.

 (B) The person may, within ten days after notice of suspension, request in writing a review, and upon receipt of the request, the department shall afford him a review. The department shall notify him of the date, time, and place of the review and the person shall have the right to have his attorney present with him if he so desiresThe notice of the suspension must be given by the department by depositing the notice in the United States mail with postage prepaid addressed to the person at the address contained in the records of the department. The giving of notice by mail is complete twenty days after the deposit of the notice. A certificate by the director of the department, or his designee, that the notice has been sent as required in this section is presumptive proof that the requirements as to notice of suspension have been met even if the notice has not been received by the addressee.

 (C) If the person requests a review, the suspension shall be held in abeyance until the day of the final disposition of his review by the department and if the suspension is upheld, the suspension shall commence on the eleventh day thereafter and end on the same day of the following year. The review by the department shall be limited to a determination of the validity of the violations and points assessed. No probationary authority is given to the department by discretion or otherwiseA person whose privileges have been suspended may appeal the decision of the department under the Administrative Procedures Act.