South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 2581


                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2581
Ratification Number:       90
Act Number:                57
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                        Reciprocal agreements with
                           Georgia
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(A57, R90, H2581)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-19-2215, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE OF GEORGIA RELATIVE TO FISHING IN PORTIONS OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER.

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

Department may negotiate agreement

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-19-2215. The South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department may negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the authorities of the State of Georgia whereby any resident of Georgia properly licensed by that State may fish anywhere in the Savannah River, but not its tributaries, in that area between the highway bridge between Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, and Elberton, Georgia, and the Hartwell Reservoir Dam, including all waters impounded by the Richard B. Russell Dam."

Time effective

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