South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 3325


Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter


                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3325
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970128
Primary Sponsor:                   Law
All Sponsors:                      Law, Riser, Hinson, Dantzler
                                   and Gourdine 
Drafted Document Number:           dka\4019mm.97
Companion Bill Number:             388
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Agriculture, Natural Resources
                                   & Environmental Affairs Com 20
                                   HANR
Subject:                           Bass, black; limits established
                                   on taking from certain lakes and
                                   Santee River; Fish and Game



History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970128  Introduced, read first time,             20 HANR
                  referred to Committee

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A BILL

TO AMEND 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, 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. Chapter 13, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-13-237. It is unlawful to take or possess black bass less than twelve inches in Lakes Marion and Moultrie and in the Santee River from the confluence of the Congaree and the Wateree Rivers to Lake Marion, and it is unlawful to take or possess more than five black 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 is 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 and in certain portions of the Santee 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.

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