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Bill 116

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      116
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Mescher
All Sponsors:                     Mescher, Grooms
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\9999djc99.doc
Companion Bill Number:            3021
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Agriculture, Natural Resources and 
                                  Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR
Subject:                          Bass, black; limits established on taking 
                                  from certain lakes, rivers; Fish and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990518  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19990512  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19990511  Read second time
Senate  19990506  Committee report: Favorable            07 SFGF
Senate  19990112  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19981118  Prefiled, referred to Committee        07 SFGF


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COMMITTEE REPORT

May 6, 1999

S. 116

S. Printed 5/6/99--S.

Read the first time January 12, 1999.

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 116), 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, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

HARVEY S. PEELER, JR., for Committee.

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, AS AMENDED, 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. 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, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further 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.

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