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Bill 450

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      450
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990203
Primary Sponsor:                  Grooms
All Sponsors:                     Grooms
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\lkg\002trot.jh.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Agriculture, Natural Resources and 
                                  Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR
Date of Last Amendment:           19990512
Subject:                          Trotline hooks to be capable of passing 
                                  through three inch long cylinder, Fish and 
                                  Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990518  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19990513  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19990512  Read second time
Senate  19990512  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19990511  Committee report: Favorable with       07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  19990203  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee


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Revised on May 11, 1999 - Word format
Revised on May 12, 1999 - Word format

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

May 12, 1999

S. 450

S. Printed 5/12/99--S.

Read the first time February 3, 1999.

TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1180 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS REGARDING TROTLINES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT TROTLINE HOOKS USED IN LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE MUST, IN ADDITION TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS, BE CAPABLE OF BEING PASSED THROUGH A THREE-INCH-LONG CYLINDER WITH A ONE-HALF INCH INSIDE DIAMETER, AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1192, RELATING TO NONGAME FISHING DEVICES, SO AS TO RESTRICT FROM TWO TO ONE THOUSAND THE NUMBER OF TROTLINE HOOKS THAT MAY BE USED WITH A COMMERCIAL FISHING LICENSE AND TO REQUIRE THAT THESE HOOKS BE CAPABLE OF BEING PASSED THROUGH A THREE-INCH CYLINDER WITH AN INSIDE DIAMETER OF ONE-HALF INCH.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1180(F) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(F) Trotline hooks used in Lakes Marion and Moultrie must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than seven-sixteenths inch and must pass through a three-inch-long cylinder with an inside diameter of one-half inch."

SECTION 2. Section 50-13-1192(34)(b) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(b) trotlines: two thousand hooks maximum with commercial license. Hooks must have a gap or clearance between point and shank no greater than seven-sixteenths inch and must pass through a three-inch-long cylinder with an inside diameter of one-half inch;"

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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