Bill 1231

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       1231
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19980512
Primary Sponsor:                   Reese 
All Sponsors:                      Reese 
Drafted Document Number:           kgh\15641dc.98
Residing Body:                     Senate
Subject:                           Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma
                                   maculatum; official state amphibian,
                                   State Symbols and Emblems

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

Senate  19980514  Polled out of Committee: Favorable       11 SJ
Senate  19980512  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee

POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE

MAJORITY FAVORABLE

May 14, 1998

S. 1231

S. Printed 5/14/98--S.

Read the first time May 12, 1998.

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1231), to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 1-1-699, etc., respectfully

Has polled the Bill out majority favorable.

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-699 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE SPOTTED SALAMANDER, AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM, AS THE OFFICIAL STATE AMPHIBIAN.

Whereas, incident to being introduced to the history of the State of South Carolina, the third grade class of Lynn K. Burgess at Woodlands Heights Elementary School, Spartanburg, took notice of the fact that South Carolina has never adopted, and does not have, an official state amphibian; and

Whereas, the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, is a stout bodied species of 150 to 249 millimeters in length, identified by bright yellow round spots in two irregular rows on a dark background, and inhabits deciduous forests with semi-permanent pools about one meter deep across the whole State; and

Whereas, the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, survives by avoiding bottom lands subject to regular flooding and permanent ponds containing fish, and is the only amphibian recommended by Lynn K. Burgess' third grade class that is indigenous to the whole State. Now, therefore,

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

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 1-1-699. The Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, is designated as the official state amphibian."

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