Current Status Bill Number:5162 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980519 Primary Sponsor:Hawkins All Sponsors:Hawkins and Littlejohn Drafted Document Number:egm\18743djc.98 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Subject:Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, designated official state amphibian; State Symbols and Emblems
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House 19980519 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR
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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.