Bill 3878

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    3878
Ratification Number:            250
Act Number:                     236
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19950328
Primary Sponsor:                Witherspoon 
All Sponsors:                   Witherspoon 
Drafted Document Number:        PFM\7339BDW.95
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19960206
Date of Last Amendment:         19960201
Governor's Action:              U  Became law without signature of
                                Governor
Date of Governor's Action:      19960305
Subject:                        Fresh and frozen fish, selling
                                of

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19960313  Act No. A236
------  19960305  Unsigned, became law without
                  signature of Governor
------  19960227  Ratified R250
House   19960206  Concurred in Senate amendment, 
                  enrolled for ratification
Senate  19960201  Amended, read third time, 
                  returned to House with amendment
Senate  19960123  Read second time, ordered to
                  third reading with notice of
                  general amendments
Senate  19950518  Committee report: Favorable              07 SFGF
Senate  19950501  Introduced, read first time,             07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   19950427  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19950426  Read second time
House   19950419  Committee report: Favorable              20 HANR
House   19950328  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee

(A236, R250, H3878)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1760, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SALE OF WHITE PERCH, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT ONLY FRESH FISH ON ICE WITH AN INVOICE NOT OVER TWO WEEKS OLD MAY BE SOLD, THE PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF FROZEN FISH, AND THE DATES THE FISH MAY BE SOLD; AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT AN INVOICE, BILL OF SALE, AND AN INVOICE NUMBER BE PROVIDED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION NOTICE ARE REQUIRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

Sale of white perch

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1760 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Section 1263, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-13-1760. (A) It is illegal to sell white perch (Marone Americana) caught in this State. Only those fish imported into the State from another state may be sold, and documentation which indicates the date of purchase and where the fish were purchased showing the origin and the number or poundage must accompany the transporting vehicle. This documentation must be retained at the market or place of retail sale.

(B) If a shipment of fish or portion of a shipment is sold to another dealer within a state, a copy of the original documentation must accompany the fish during the transportation and at the market place. In addition a new documentation notice must accompany the fish showing them as a portion of the fish bought under the original sale from out-of-state with the original documentation included.

(C) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days."

Time effective

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

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 3/5/96.