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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3107 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990112 Primary Sponsor:Hawkins All Sponsors:Hawkins Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\nbd\11032djc99.doc Residing Body:House Subject:Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, designated as official state amphibian; State Symbols and Emblems History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990303 Rejected the Bill House 19990302 Debate adjourned until Wednesday, 19990303 House 19990224 Committee report: Favorable 20 HANR House 19990112 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee House 19981209 Prefiled, referred to Committee 20 HANR Versions of This Bill Revised on February 24, 1999 - Word format
COMMITTEE REPORT
February 24, 1999
H. 3107
S. Printed 2/24/99--H.
Read the first time January 12, 1999.
To whom was referred a Bill (H. 3107), to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 1-1-699 so as to designate the spotted salamander, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:
CHARLES R. SHARPE, for Committee.
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 1997-98 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 semipermanent pools about one meter deep across the whole State; and
Whereas, the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, survives by avoiding bottomlands subject to regular flooding and permanent ponds containing fish, and is the only amphibian recommended by Lynn K. Burgess' 1997-98 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.
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