Bill 4727

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4727
Ratification Number:            491
Act Number:                     402
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19960312
Primary Sponsor:                Witherspoon 
All Sponsors:                   Witherspoon 
Drafted Document Number:        bbm\10479jm.96
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19960523
Date of Last Amendment:         19960328
Governor's Action:              U  Became law without signature of
                                Governor
Date of Governor's Action:      19960606
Subject:                        Bass, taking of in certain
                                rivers

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

------  19960613  Act No. A402
------  19960606  Unsigned, became law without
                  signature of Governor
------  19960530  Ratified R491
Senate  19960523  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19960423  Read second time, notice of
                  general amendments
Senate  19960417  Committee report: Favorable              07 SFGF
Senate  19960402  Introduced, read first time,             07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
House   19960329  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19960328  Unanimous consent for third
                  reading on the next Legislative day
House   19960328  Amended, read second time
House   19960327  Committee report: Favorable with         20 HANR
                  amendment
House   19960312  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee

(A402, R491, H4727)

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.