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TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-236, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ON STRIPED BASS AND BLACK BASS FROM LAKE WYLIE AND LAKE MURRAY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MAY ESTABLISH THE DAILY CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ON STRIPED BASS AND BLACK BASS FROM LAKE WYLIE BY REGULATION PROMULGATED AND ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23 OF TITLE 1.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-236(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 214 of 2002, is further amended to read:
"(A) The department may establish the daily creel limits and size limits on Lake Wylie and Lake Murray and on all waters of the Saluda River lying between the Lake Greenwood Dam (Buzzard's Roost Dam) and Lake Murray for striped bass (rockfish) and black bass by regulations promulgated and adopted in accordance with Article 1, Chapter 23 of Title 1. No creel Creel or size limits may not be set by emergency regulations. A person taking striped bass or black bass exceeding the limits set by the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 50-13-285."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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