H*4727(Rat #0491, Act #0402 of 1996)  General Bill, By Witherspoon
 A Bill to amend Section 50-13-235, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
 1976, relating to the prohibition against the taking of striped bass less than
 twenty-one inches under certain conditions, so as to further provide for those
 rivers, reservoirs, and their tributaries where it is unlawful to take or
 possess striped bass less than twenty-one inches.-amended title

   03/12/96  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-4
   03/12/96  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-4
   03/27/96  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental
                     Affairs HJ-6
   03/28/96  House  Amended HJ-70
   03/28/96  House  Read second time HJ-70
   03/28/96  House  Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day HJ-71
   03/29/96  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-3
   04/02/96  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-17
   04/02/96  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-17
   04/17/96  Senate Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and
                     Forestry SJ-17
   04/23/96  Senate Read second time SJ-39
   04/23/96  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
                     amendments SJ-39
   05/23/96  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-94
   05/30/96         Ratified R 491
   06/06/96         Became law without Governor's signature
   06/06/96         Effective date 06/06/96
   06/18/96         Copies available
   06/18/96         Act No. 402

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-235, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST THE TAKING OF STRIPED BASS LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE INCHES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THOSE RIVERS, RESERVOIRS, AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO TAKE OR POSSESS STRIPED BASS LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE INCHES.

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

Unlawful places changed

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-235 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 117 of 1995, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-13-235. It is unlawful to take or possess striped bass, rockfish, less than twenty-one inches in the following rivers, reservoirs, and their tributaries: Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Congaree River, the Wateree River northward to the Lake Wateree Dam, the Lower Saluda River northward to the Lake Murray Dam, the Broad River from its confluence with the Lower Saluda River northward to the Columbia Dam, the Santee River southward to the Intercoastal Waterway, the Tailrace Canal from the Pinopolis Dam to the Cooper River, the Cooper River, including the east and west branches of the Cooper River downstream to the U.S. Highway 17 bridge, and in the Wando River."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/6/96.