South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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A169, R201, H4444

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Umphlett
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11634ac10.docx

Introduced in the House on January 27, 2010
Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2010
Passed by the General Assembly on April 20, 2010
Became law without Governor's signature, May 13, 2010

Summary: Catch limits

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/27/2010  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-32
   1/27/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs HJ-32
    2/4/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-12
   2/25/2010  House   Read second time HJ-24
   2/25/2010  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-25
   2/26/2010  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-3
    3/2/2010  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-18
    3/2/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-18
   3/17/2010  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game 
                        and Forestry SJ-14
   3/18/2010          Scrivener's error corrected
   3/18/2010  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-36
   3/18/2010  Senate  Read second time SJ-36
   3/23/2010  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-6
   4/20/2010  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-81
   4/20/2010  House   Roll call Yeas-96  Nays-0 HJ-81
    5/6/2010          Ratified R 201
   5/13/2010          Became law without Governor's signature
   5/21/2010          Effective date 07/01/10
   5/25/2010          Act No. 169

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/27/2010
2/4/2010
3/17/2010
3/18/2010
3/18/2010-A

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A169, R201, H4444)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS FOR ESTUARINE AND SALTWATER FINFISH, INCLUDING WEAKFISH CYNOSCION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON ONLY MAY TAKE OR POSSESS ONE, RATHER THAN TEN, SUCH WEAKFISH IN ANY ONE DAY.

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

Weakfish daily catch limit

SECTION    1.    Section 50-5-1705(G) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 85 of 2007, is further amended to read:

"(G)    It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than one weakfish Cynoscion regalis in any one day."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2010.

Ratified the 6th day of May, 2010.

Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 5/13/2010.

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