Bill 4594

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4594
Ratification Number:            380
Act Number:                     314
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19980210
Primary Sponsor:                Rhoad
All Sponsors:                   Rhoad, Bowers, R. Smith, Koon,
                                Limehouse, Bauer, Bailey, Inabinett,
                                Battle, J. Smith, Witherspoon, Sharpe,
                                Davenport, T. Brown, Law, Webb, McAbee,
                                Wilkes, Lloyd, Neal, Knotts, Edge,
                                Miller, Hamilton, Loftis, Riser, Cave,
                                Barfield, Littlejohn, Dantzler, Harvin,
                                Phillips, Maddox, Hinson, Rodgers,
                                Baxley, Leach, Cromer, Jennings and
                                Neilson 
Drafted Document Number:        dka\4779djc.98
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19980331
Date of Last Amendment:         19980324
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19980526
Subject:                        Set hooks, use of bream and live
                                nongame fish as bait authorized on
                                certain rivers, Fish and Game

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

------  19980611  Act No. A314
------  19980526  Signed by Governor
------  19980521  Ratified R380
House   19980331  Concurred in Senate amendment,
                  enrolled for ratification
Senate  19980325  Read third time, returned to House
                  with amendment
Senate  19980324  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on
                  Wednesday, 19980325
Senate  19980324  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19980319  Committee report: Favorable with         07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  19980303  Introduced, read first time,             07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   19980227  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19980226  Read second time, unanimous consent
                  for third reading on the next
                  Legislative day
House   19980226  Amended
House   19980225  Committee report: Favorable with         20 HANR
                  amendment
House   19980210  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee

(A314, R380, H4594)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1187, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BAIT AUTHORIZED TO BE USED WITH TROTLINES, SET HOOKS, AND JUGS, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF LIVE NONGAME FISH AND BREAM ON SPECIFIED SET HOOKS ON THE EDISTO, BLACK, SAMPIT, BIG PEE DEE, LITTLE PEE DEE, LUMBER, AND WACCAMAW RIVERS, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF BREAM A PERSON MAY HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION WHILE FISHING WITH NONGAME TACKLE ON THESE RIVERS, PROHIBIT THE USE OF BREAM AS BAIT AFTER JUNE 30, 2001, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

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

Fish used as bait; limitations; penalties

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1187(B) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 24 of 1995, is further amended to read:

(B) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, on the Edisto, Black, Sampit, Big Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lumber, and Waccamaw Rivers, live nongame fish and bream may be used with single-barbed set hooks that have a shank-to-point gap of one and three-sixteenths inches or greater, provided that the use of bream as bait is not allowed after June 30, 2001. However, it is unlawful for any person to have in his possession more than thirty bream while fishing with nongame tackle on these rivers. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.

Time effective

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

Approved the 26th day of May, 1998.