Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

 

Amended

April 15, 2026

 

S. 337

 

Introduced by Senator Reichenbach

 

S. Printed 4/15/26--H.

Read the first time March 20, 2025

 

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A bill

 

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 50-13-640, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF BLUE CATFISH, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A DAILY LIMIT OF SEVENTY-FIVE BLUE CATFISH IN STATE WATERWAYS OTHER THAN IN LAKE MARION, LAKE MOULTRIE, AND THE UPPER REACH OF THE SANTEE RIVER.

    Amend Title To Conform

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  Section 50-13-640(B) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 

    (B) It is unlawful to take possess more than twenty-five blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) a day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, the section of the Pee Dee River from the state border with North Carolina to the Highway 301 bridge, and the upper reach of the Santee River, and it is unlawful to possess  more than one-hundred-fifty blue catfish a day in all other state waterways.

 

SECTION 2.  Section 50-13-640(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 

    (A) It is unlawful to possess more than two blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) greater than thirty-two inches in length in any one day in Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie, or the upper reach of the Santee River, the section of the Pee Dee River from the state border with North Carolina to the Highway 301 bridge, and the Congaree and Wateree rivers, and all other state waterways.

 

SECTION 3.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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