Current Status Bill Number:388 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970219 Primary Sponsor:Mescher All Sponsors:Mescher Drafted Document Number:res1273.wcm Companion Bill Number:3325 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Date of Last Amendment:19980128 Subject:Bass, black; limits on taking established in Lakes Marion and Moultrie, portions of Santee River, Fish and Game
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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House 19980203 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR
referred to Committee
Senate 19980129 Read third time, sent to House
Senate 19980128 Read second time
Senate 19980128 Committee amendment adopted
Senate 19980127 Committee report: Favorable with 07 SFGF
amendment
Senate 19970219 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF
referred to Committee
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
January 28, 1998
S. 388
S. Printed 1/28/98--S.
Read the first time February 19, 1997.
TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, 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 OF THE 1976 CODE, 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.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-13-237. It is unlawful to take or possess largemouth bass less than twelve inches in Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Santee Cooper River and its tributaries to the legal demarcation line, and in the Santee Cooper River from the confluence of the Congaree and the Wateree Rivers to Lake Marion, Lake Marion, the Diversion Canal, and Lake Moultrie. It is unlawful to take or possess more than five largemouth 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, the Santee Cooper River and its tributaries to the legal demarcation line, and in certain portions of the Santee Cooper 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.