Bill 3276

                    Current Status
Introducing Body:               House
Bill Number:                    3276
Ratification Number:            107
Act Number:                     54
Primary Sponsor:                Snow
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Rudd, unlawful fish species
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19930428    
Computer Document Number:       NO5/8791BD.93
Governor's Action:              S
Date of Governor's Action:      19930513    
Introduced Date:                19930127    
Last History Body:              ------
Last History Date:              19930513    
Last History Type:              Act No. 54
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Snow
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

Bill   Body    Date          Action Description              CMN  Leg Involved
----   ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---  ------------
3276   ------  19930513      Act No. 54
3276   ------  19930513      Signed by Governor
3276   ------  19930511      Ratified R 107
3276   Senate  19930428      Read third time, enrolled for
                             ratification
3276   Senate  19930427      Read second time
3276   Senate  19930422      Committee Report: Favorable     07
3276   Senate  19930407      Introduced, read first time,    07
                             referred to Committee
3276   House   19930407      Read third time, sent to
                             Senate
3276   House   19930406      Read second time
3276   House   19930401      Committee Report: Favorable     20
3276   House   19930127      Introduced, read first time,    20
                             referred to Committee

(A54, R107, H3276)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1630, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO IMPORTATION, POSSESSION, OR SALE OF CERTAIN UNLAWFUL FISH SPECIES, SO AS TO INCLUDE RUDD (SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTALMU-LINNEAUS).

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

Prohibition on the importation, possession, or sale of rudd (Scardinius erythrophtalmu-Linneaus)

SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1630 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-13-1630. (A) No person may possess, sell, offer for sale, import, bring or cause to be brought or imported into this State or release into the waters of this State the following fish:

(1) carnero or candiru catfish (Vandellia cirrhosa);

(2) freshwater electric eel (Electrophorus electricus);

(3) white amur or grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella);

(4) walking catfish or a member of the clariidae family (Clarias, Heteropneustea, Gymnallabes, Channallabes, or Heterobranchus genera);

(5) piranha (all members of Serrasalmus, Rooseveltiella, and Pygocentrus genera);

(6) stickleback;

(7) mexican banded tetra;

(8) sea lamprey;

(9) rudd (Scardinius erythrophtalmu-Linneaus).

(B) The Wildlife and Marine Resources Department may issue special import permits to qualified persons for research purposes only.

(C) The director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries of the department may issue special permits for the stocking of nonreproducing white amur or grass carp hybrids in the waters of this State.

(D) It is unlawful to take grass carp from waters stocked as permitted by this section. Grass carp caught must be returned to the water from which it was taken immediately.

(E) The department shall prescribe the methods, controls, and restrictions required of a person or his agent to whom a special permit is issued. The department may promulgate regulations necessary to effectuate this section and specifically to prohibit additional species of fish from being imported, possessed, or sold in this State when the department determines the species of fish are potentially dangerous."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 13th day of May, 1993.