South Carolina General Assembly
104th Session, 1981-1982

Bill 2430

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2430
Ratification Number:       228
Act Number                 159
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Revenue from coastal fisheries fines,
                           transmitted to divisions
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(A159, R228, H2430)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-520, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES RESULTING FROM VIOLATIONS OF THE COASTAL FISHERIES LAWS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THEY SHALL BE PAID TO THE COUNTY TREASURER OF THE COUNTY WHERE THEY ARE COLLECTED AND THEN TRANSMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF MARINE RESOURCES AT CHARLESTON AND THEN TO THE STATE TREASURER.

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

Revenue from taxes, etc., transmitted to division

Section 1. Section 50-17-520 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-17-520. All revenues from taxes, licenses, rentals or other sources derived from the fisheries or the operation and enforcement of the coastal fisheries laws shall be transmitted to the Division of Marine Resources in Charleston and the clerk shall be made payable to the State Treasurer.

Revenues from all fines and forfeitures resulting from violations of the coastal fisheries laws shall be transmitted to the county treasurer of the county where the revenues were collected who shall then transmit them, less any amount to be paid to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council under the provisions of Section 23-23-70, to the Division of Marine Resources in Charleston and the check shall be made payable to the State Treasurer. Such checks shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer who shall credit all such revenues to the general fund of the State.

The remittances shall be accompanied by a statement showing the name of all persons fined, the amount of each fine, the summons number and the court in which each fine was collected.

The Commission may, as provided by Section 50-5-110, promulgate regulations concerning the establishment in the coastal counties, or any of them, of arrangements with the county treasurers or other persons for the issuance of licenses and receipts of collections and remittances of money for fines similar to and upon the terms now existing."

Time effective

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.