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Bill 3374

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3374
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990127
Primary Sponsor:                  Fleming
All Sponsors:                     Fleming, Knotts, Bauer, Koon 
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\kgh\15208dc99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Agriculture, Natural Resources and 
                                  Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR
Subject:                          Striped bass, size limit on reduced 
                                  during certain months on Lake Murray; Fish and 
                                  Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990127  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-236, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ON STRIPED BASS AND BLACK BASS FROM LAKE MURRAY, SO AS TO REDUCE THE SIZE LIMIT ON STRIPED BASS FROM TWENTY-ONE INCHES TO EIGHTEEN INCHES DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER.

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

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-236 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-13-236. (A) The department may establish the daily creel limits and size limits on Lake Murray and on all waters of the Saluda River lying between the Lake Greenwood Dam (Buzzard's Roost Dam) and Lake Murray for striped bass (Rockfish) and Black Bass by regulations promulgated and adopted in accordance with Article I, Chapter 23 of Title 1. No creel or size limits may be set by emergency regulations. A person taking striped bass or black bass exceeding the limits set by the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 50-13-285.

(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the size limit on striped bass (Rockfish) taken from Lake Murray is reduced from twenty-one inches to eighteen inches during the months of June, July, August, and September."

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

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