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A56, R114, S285

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Gregory
Document Path: l:\s-res\ckg\013fish.mrh.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 29, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 2, 2003
Last Amended on May 27, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on May 28, 2003
Governor's Action: June 6, 2003, Signed

Summary: Trout, Saluda River, limits

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/29/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-12
   1/29/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-12
   3/25/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-4
   3/27/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-75
    4/1/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-9
    4/2/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-14
    4/2/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-14
   5/22/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-6
   5/27/2003  House   Amended HJ-364
   5/27/2003  House   Read second time HJ-365
   5/28/2003  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        HJ-31
   5/28/2003  Senate  Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-36
    6/3/2003          Ratified R 114
    6/6/2003          Signed By Governor
   6/23/2003          Copies available
   6/23/2003          Effective date 06/06/03
   6/26/2003          Act No. 56

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/29/2003
3/25/2003
5/22/2003
5/27/2003

(A56, R114, S285)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-210, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TOTAL CREEL LIMIT OF GAME FISH TAKEN IN ONE DAY, TO PROVIDE THAT NOT MORE THAN FIVE OF THE LIMIT MAY BE TROUT TAKEN FROM THE SALUDA RIVER BETWEEN THE LAKE MURRAY DAM AND THE CONFLUENCE OF THE BROAD RIVER.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Daily creel limit on game fish

SECTION    1.    Section 50-13-210 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-13-210.    It is unlawful for a person in any one day to catch more than forty game fish; however, of the total creel limit:

(1)    not more than ten of the total may be striped bass (rockfish) or hybrid bass (striped bass-white bass) or a combination of them unless regulations promulgated by the department and adopted by the General Assembly by authority of Section 50-13-236 reflect otherwise;

(2)    not more than ten of the total may be black bass (large mouth, small mouth, coosae) or a combination of them unless regulations promulgated by the department and adopted by the General Assembly by authority of Section 50-13-236 reflect otherwise;

(3)    not more than ten of the total may be trout; provided, not more than five trout may be taken in any one day from that portion of the lower Saluda River between the Lake Murray Dam and the confluence of the Broad River;

(4)    not more than eight of the total may be walleye or sauger or a combination of them;

(5)    not more than thirty of the total may be any game fish not specified."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 3rd day of June, 2003.

Approved the 6th day of June, 2003.

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