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Senate committee advances S. 367 to speed removal of abandoned and derelict vessels
Summary
S. 367, a bill to create procedures for declaring and removing wrecked, abandoned or sunken vessels statewide, was amended and given a favorable report by the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee. The panel adopted amendments on limitation periods and removed an undefined phrase from the bill.
The Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee gave a favorable report to S. 367, a bill that establishes procedures allowing the Department of Natural Resources and other agencies to declare and remove wrecked, junked, abandoned or derelict vessels and to address sunken vessels in South Carolina waterways.
The bills sponsor and staff described S. 367 as filling a gap left by earlier legislation that provided funding for vessel removal but not a removal mechanism. The sponsor said the bill "provides procedure for their…
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