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Bill 3960

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3960
Ratification Number:              99
Act Number:                       53
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990421
Primary Sponsor:                  Barfield
All Sponsors:                     Barfield, Rhoad and Witherspoon
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20575djc99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990520
Date of Last Amendment:           19990519
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        19990601
Subject:                          Trotlines, sethooks, single-barbed; 
                                  nongame fish and bream; Fish and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  19990618  Act No. A53
------  19990601  Signed by Governor
------  19990526  Ratified R99
Senate  19990520  Concurred in House amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
House   19990519  Senate amendments amended,
                  returned to Senate with amendment
Senate  19990513  Read third time, returned to House
                  with amendment
Senate  19990512  Read second time
Senate  19990512  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19990511  Committee report: Favorable with       07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  19990428  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   19990428  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19990427  Read second time
House   19990421  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


                             Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 21, 1999 - Word format
Revised on May 11, 1999 - Word format
Revised on May 12, 1999 - Word format
Revised on May 19, 1999 - Word format

(A53, R99, H3960)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1187, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BAIT THAT MAY BE USED WITH TROTLINES, SET HOOKS, AND JUGS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LIVE NONGAME FISH AND BREAM MAY BE USED WITH SINGLE-BARBED SET HOOKS, INCLUDING ON TROTLINES HAVING NOT MORE THAN TWENTY HOOKS, THAT HAVE A SHANK-TO-POINT GAP OF ONE AND THREE-SIXTEENTHS INCHES OR GREATER ON THE BLACK, BIG PEE DEE, LITTLE PEE DEE, LUMBER, AND WACCAMAW RIVERS, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HAVE MORE THAN THIRTY BREAM IN POSSESSION WHEN FISHING ON THESE RIVERS, TO PROVIDE THAT BREAM MAY NOT BE USED AS BAIT AFTER JUNE 30, 2001, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES.

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

Bait which may be used with trotlines, set hooks and jugs, exceptions for certain rivers, violations, penalties

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1187 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 314 of 1998, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-13-1187. (A) Except as provided in subsections (B) and (C), no game fish, live bait, or other bait other than bait listed below may be used with trotlines, set hooks, and jugs:

(1) soap;

(2) dough balls;

(3) cut fish which must be nongame fish cut into at least three equal parts;

(4) shrimp;

(5) meat scraps which may not include insects, worms, or other invertebrates;

(6) grapes.

(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.

(C) Live nongame fish and bream may be used on trotlines having not more than twenty hooks that have a shank-to-point gap of one and three-sixteenths inches or greater on the Black, Big Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Lumber, and Waccamaw Rivers, 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.

(D) Any person violating the provisions of this section 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.

Ratified the 26th day of May, 1999.

Approved the 1st day of June, 1999.

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