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H 4976 - Allows a sheriff or local jurisdiction to enforce laws concerning abandonment of watercraft and outboard motors in certain circumstances

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Peter McCoy
Last Action: 3/13/2018 - Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
House Committee: ANREA
Senate Committee: FGF
Assigned To:
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

04.18.2018 The Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee gave this bill a favorable report.
04.12.2018 A Senate Fish, Game and Forestry subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report. 
03.01.2018 The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment gives local governments the ability to take action with regard to an abandoned watercraft where the SC Department of Natural Resources fails to take action.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows a sheriff or local jurisdiction to enforce laws concerning abandonment of watercraft and outboard motors in certain circumstances.


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