Current Status Bill Number:688 Ratification Number:301 Act Number:276 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950330 Primary Sponsor:Greg Smith All Sponsors:Greg Smith Drafted Document Number:gsmith\res9688.gs Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960329 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960506 Subject:Cultured game fish
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------ 19960515 Act No. A276
------ 19960506 Signed by Governor
------ 19960430 Ratified R301
House 19960329 Read third time, enrolled for
ratification
House 19960328 Unanimous consent for third
reading on the next Legislative day
House 19960328 Read second time
House 19960327 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR
House 19950518 Recommitted to Committee 20 HANR
House 19950518 Objection withdrawn by Representative Tucker
Robinson
R. Smith
Hines
Witherspoon
Simrill
Riser
D. Smith
Spearman
Limbaugh
Sharpe
House 19950517 Objection by Representative Limbaugh
Tucker
D. Smith
Hodges
Spearman
Sharpe
Witherspoon
Riser
Meacham
Lanford
Simrill
R. Smith
Felder
Robinson
Hines
House 19950511 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR
House 19950426 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR
referred to Committee
Senate 19950426 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19950425 Read second time
Senate 19950420 Committee report: Favorable 07 SFGF
Senate 19950330 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF
referred to Committee
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(A276, R301, S688)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1750, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO GAME FISH BREEDERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LICENSED INDIVIDUALS MAY SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, AND TRANSPORT CERTAIN CULTURED GAME FISH TO STOCK OR RESTOCK CULTURED GAME FISH THAT EXCEEDS FOUR INCHES IN OVERALL LENGTH, TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR CULTURED GAME FISH, AND TO MAKE OTHER GRAMMATICAL AND TECHNICAL CHANGES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Game fish breeders
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1750 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-13-1750. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 50-13-1610, it is lawful for a person holding a valid game fish breeder's license to sell, offer for sale, and transport cultured game fish for stocking and restocking. A game fish breeder's license is valid for the fiscal year in which issued. An application fee of twenty-five dollars must accompany each application on a form as prescribed by the department.
(B) The department and its agents may inspect the premises of the business of a licensee. The department may require licensees to keep such records as it deems necessary. Any cultured game fish, with the exception of the Florida largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides floroidanus, four inches or larger shall be lawful to sell, offer for sale, and transport for stocking or restocking purposes. All fish transported by a licensee must be clearly marked as to their source and species as well as other identification which the department shall require.
(C) Cultured game fish sold, ordered, or transported by a licensee must be used solely for stocking or restocking.
(D) As used in this section, `cultured game fish' means those game fish which have been propagated by an individual holding a fish breeder's license in environmental conditions consistent with normal fish husbandry practices.
(E) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and the license must be suspended. A person convicted pursuant to this section is ineligible for a game fish breeder's license for three years from the date of conviction."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 6th day of May, 1996.