South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 740


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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      740
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010606
Primary Sponsor:                  Bauer
All Sponsors:                     Bauer
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5357djc01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Agriculture, Natural Resources and 
                                  Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR
Date of Last Amendment:           20020312
Subject:                          Bass, striped; size limit on taking of 
                                  effective during summer months on Lake Murray; 
                                  Fish and Game


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020314  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20020313  Read third time, sent to House
------  20020313  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20020312  Amended, read second time, 
                  notice of general amendments
------  20020228  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20020227  Committee report: Favorable with       07 SFGF
                  amendment
Senate  20010606  Introduced, read first time,           07 SFGF
                  referred to Committee


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Revised on February 28, 2002 - Word format
Revised on March 12, 2002 - Word format
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 12, 2002

    S. 740

Introduced by Senator Bauer

S. Printed 3/12/02--S.    [SEC 3/13/02 2:59 PM]

Read the first time June 6, 2001.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-236, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ON STRIPED BASS AND BLACK BASS FROM LAKE MURRAY, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT THE SIZE LIMIT ON STRIPED BASS TAKEN FROM LAKE MURRAY IS NOT IN EFFECT DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST.

    Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1.    Section 50-13-236 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 401 of 2000, is further amended to read:

    "Section 50-13-236.    (A)    The department may establish the daily creel limits and size limits on Lake Murray and on all waters of the Saluda River lying between the Lake Greenwood Dam (Buzzard's Roost Dam) and Lake Murray for striped bass (rockfish) and black bass by regulations promulgated and adopted in accordance with Article 1, Chapter 23 of Title 1. No creel or size limits may be set by emergency regulations. A person taking striped bass or black bass exceeding the limits set by the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 50-13-285.

    (B)    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the size limit on striped bass (rockfish) taken from Lake Murray is not in effect during the months of June, July, and August it is not unlawful for a person to take and have in his possession no more than two undersized striped bass taken from Lake Murray."

SECTION 2.    Section 50-13-235 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 402 of 1996, is further amended to read:

    "Section 50-13-235.    (A)    It is unlawful to take or possess striped bass, rockfish, less than twenty-one inches in the following rivers, reservoirs, and their tributaries: Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Congaree River, the Wateree River northward to the Lake Wateree Dam, the Lower Saluda River northward to the Lake Murray Dam, the Broad River from its confluence with the Lower Saluda River northward to the Columbia Dam, the Santee River southward to the Intercoastal Waterway, the Tailrace Canal from the Pinopolis Dam to the Cooper River, the Cooper River, including the east and west branches of the Cooper River downstream to the U.S. Highway 17 bridge, and in the Wando River.

    (B)    Notwithstanding subsection (A) or another provision of law, it is not unlawful for a person to take or have in his possession no more than two striped bass taken from Lake Marion or Lake Moultrie that are less than twenty-one inches in length."

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

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