H4292: Fishing licenses

Legislative Summary

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 50-9-560 So As To Provide For The Sale Of Annual Subsistence Saltwater Fishing Licenses And To Provide For The Distribution Of The Fees; By Adding Section 50-9-930 So As To Provide For The Distribution Of Revenue Collected From The Sale Of Stamps, Subsistence Saltwater Licenses, Prints, And Related Articles; By Amending Section 50-5-15, Relating To Definitions, So As To Define The Term "subsistence"; By Amending Section 50-5-955, Relating To The Designation And Maintenance Of Public Shellfish Grounds, So As To Require The Department Of Natural Resources To Identify Fish Stocks That Support Subsistence Fisheries And Adopt Regulations That Provide Opportunities For Subsistence Uses; By Amending Section 50-9-40, Relating To The Issuance Of Licenses, Permits, And Tags, So As To Provide Applicability; By Amending Section 50-9-540, Relating To The Issuance Of Various Fishing Licenses, So As To Provide For The Issuance Of Lifetime Subsistence Saltwater Fishing Licenses; And By Amending Section 50-9-715, Relating To Persons Exempted From Obtaining A Recreational Saltwater Fishing License, So As To Provide That A Person Less Than Eighteen Years Of Age Accompanied By A Licensed Subsistence Fisherman Is Exempt From Purchasing A Subsistence Saltwater Fishing License.