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TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS FOR ESTUARINE AND SALTWATER FINFISH, TO PROHIBIT A PERSON TO TAKE OR HAVE IN POSSESSION MORE THAN TWO RED SNAPPER IN ANY ONE DAY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1710(B) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SIZE LIMITS FOR ESTUARINE AND SALTWATER FINFISH, TO PROHIBIT TAKING, POSSESSING, LANDING, SELLING, PURCHASING, OR ATTEMPTING TO SELL OR PURCHASE RED SNAPPER OF LESS THAN TWENTY INCHES IN TOTAL LENGTH.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-5-1705 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered new subsection to read:
"( ) It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than two red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in any one day."
SECTION 2. Section 50-5-1710(B) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered new item to read:
"( ) red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) of less than twenty inches in total length;"
SECTION 3. This act takes effect on July 1, 2022.
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