H 3374 General Bill, By Fleming, Knotts, Bauer and Koon
 A 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.

   01/27/99  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-19
   01/27/99  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-19

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.