2011-2012 Bill 800: Moratorium on Permits for Trout River Cross Vanes - South Carolina

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 800 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Joint Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators Shoopman, S. Martin and Fair 10 Document Path: l:\s-res\pws\003trou.kmm.pws.docx 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4118 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on April 12, 2011 14 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 15 16 Summary: Moratorium on permits for Trout River Cross Vanes 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 4/12/2011 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journalpage 9) 23 4/12/2011 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry ( Senate Journalpage 9) 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 4/12/2011 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A JOINT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO IMPOSE A MORATORIUM ON PERMITS FOR TROUT 12 RIVER CROSS VANES ON THE SOUTH SALUDA RIVER. 13 14 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 15 Carolina: 16 17 SECTION 1. There is imposed a moratorium on permits to 18 construct in navigable waterways issued by the Department of 19 Health and Environmental Control concerning trout river cross 20 vanes on the South Saluda River, as defined in Section 50150, in 21 Game Zone 1. The moratorium must remain effective until a study 22 of the impact that cross vanes have on erosion is completed. 23 24 SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by 25 the Governor. 26 XX 27

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