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TO AMEND SECTION 50-1-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE VARIOUS CLASSIFICATIONS OF BIRDS, GAME ANIMALS, AND FISH, SO AS TO CLASSIFY COBIA RACHYCENTRON CANADUM AS A SALTWATER GAME FISH.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-1-30(7) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 200 of 2010, is further amended to read:
"(7) Saltwater game fish: Cobia Rachycentron canadum; spotted seatrout (winter trout) Cynoscion nebulosus,; red drum (channel bass) Sciaenops ocellatus;; tarpon Megalops atlanticus,; and any species of billfish of the Family Istiophoridae."
SECTION 2. The addition of Cobia Rachycentron canadum to the list of saltwater gamefish in Section 50-1-30(7) as contained in Section 1 of this act expires three years after the effective date of this act, unless extended before this expiration date by the General Assembly.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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