South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 1145


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    1145
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19980325
Primary Sponsor:                McConnell
All Sponsors:                   McConnell
Drafted Document Number:        McConnell\res1663.gfm
Companion Bill Number:          4799
Residing Body:                  House
Current Committee:              Agriculture, Natural Resources
                                & Environmental Affairs Com 20
                                HANR
Date of Last Amendment:         19980513
Subject:                        Shrimp boats, to drag nets less
                                than one-half mile of Kiawah and
                                Seabrook Island Beaches; Fish and
                                Game

History

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19980519  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19980519  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19980513  Read second time
Senate  19980513  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19980512  Committee report: Favorable with         07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  19980325  Introduced, read first time,             07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee


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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

May 13, 1998

S. 1145

Introduced by Senator McConnell

S. Printed 5/13/98--S.

Read the first time March 25, 1998.

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-17-1010, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COASTAL FISHERIES LAWS, SO AS TO ALLOW SHRIMP BOATS TO DRAG NETS NO CLOSER THAN ONE-HALF MILE OF KIAWAH AND SEABROOK ISLAND BEACHES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-17-1010 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 348 of 1992, is further amended by adding:

"(5) All that area bounded by a closed line beginning at the point on the southwestern end of Seabrook Island where the inshore trawl boundary crossing North Edisto River Inlet intersects the shoreline, thence following the shoreline of Seabrook Island and crossing Captain Sams Inlet; thence following the shoreline of Kiawah Island to the easternmost point of Kiawah Island (Sandy Point) at latitude 32° 37.18' N, longitude 079° 59.65' W; thence southerly following a straight line on a geodetic azimuth of 180 degrees, to the point one-fourth nautical mile seaward from the shoreline; thence southwesterly following a line that is one-fourth nautical mile seaward of the shoreline to the point at the intersection of said line and the inshore trawl boundary, thence easterly following the inshore trawl boundary to the point of beginning; the above-described area being based on NOS chart 11521 (22nd edition, January 20, 1996)."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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