S 0116 General Bill, By Mescher and Grooms

Similar(H 3021)
 A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 13, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
 CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-13-237 SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITS ON BLACK
 BASS TAKEN FROM LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE AND IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE
 SANTEE RIVER; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-210, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DAILY
 CREEL LIMITS ON FISH, SO AS TO CONFORM IT WITH LIMITS ON BLACK BASS FROM LAKES
 MARION AND MOULTRIE AND IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE SANTEE RIVER.

   11/18/98  Senate Prefiled
   11/18/98  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
   01/12/99  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-47
   01/12/99  Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-47
   05/06/99  Senate Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and
                     Forestry SJ-9
   05/11/99  Senate Read second time SJ-45
   05/12/99  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-24
   05/18/99  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-12
   05/18/99  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-13

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE REPORT

May 6, 1999

S. 116

S. Printed 5/6/99--S.

Read the first time January 12, 1999.

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 116), to amend Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 50, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 50-13-237 so as to establish limits on black bass, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

HARVEY S. PEELER, JR., for Committee.

TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 13, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-13-237 SO AS TO ESTABLISH LIMITS ON BLACK BASS TAKEN FROM LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE AND IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE SANTEE RIVER; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-210, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO DAILY CREEL LIMITS ON FISH, SO AS TO CONFORM IT WITH LIMITS ON BLACK BASS FROM LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE AND IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE SANTEE RIVER.

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

SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-13-237. It is unlawful to take or possess largemouth bass less than twelve inches in Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Santee Cooper River and its tributaries to the legal demarcation line, and in the Santee Cooper River from the confluence of the Congaree and the Wateree Rivers to Lake Marion, Lake Marion, the Diversion Canal, and Lake Moultrie. It is unlawful to take or possess more than five largemouth bass in any one day from those waters. A person exceeding these limits is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 50-13-285."

SECTION 2. Section 50-13-210(2) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"(2) not more than ten of the total may be black bass (large mouth, small mouth, coosae) or a combination of them, except in Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Santee Cooper River and its tributaries to the legal demarcation line, and in certain portions of the Santee Cooper River as set forth in Section 50-13-237, or unless regulations promulgated by the department and adopted by the General Assembly by authority of Section 50-13-236 reflect otherwise;"

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.