South Carolina General Assembly
104th Session, 1981-1982

Bill 2708

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2708
Ratification Number:       142
Act Number                 97
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Commercial harvesting of shellfish,
                           Georgetown County
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(A97, R142, H2708)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-1330, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COMMERCIAL HARVESTING OF SHELLFISH IN A CERTAIN AREA OF GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SO AS TO CHANGE THE GAME ZONE REFERENCE FROM GAME ZONE NO. 7 TO GAME ZONE NO. 9 AND TO DELETE THE LOW WATERMARK LIMITATION AND CHANGE THE FINE PENALTY FROM NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO NOT LESS THAN FIFTY DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

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

Penalties

Section 1. Section 50-17-1330 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-17-1330. It shall be unlawful to commercially harvest shellfish in Game Zone No. 9 between Butler Inlet (Pawley's Inlet) and Midway Inlet in Georgetown County. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days."

Time effective

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