South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

Download This Bill in Microsoft Word format

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

S. 163

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Gregory and Hutto
Document Path: l:\s-res\ckg\014snak.spl.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 361

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Tabled by the Senate on February 12, 2003

Summary: Snakehead fish; unlawful to possess, sale or import

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1/8/2003  Senate  Prefiled
    1/8/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-89
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-89
    2/5/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry SJ-16
    2/6/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   2/12/2003  Senate  Tabled SJ-29

View the latest legislative information at the LPITS web site

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/8/2003
2/5/2003
2/6/2003

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE REPORT

February 5, 2003

S. 163

Introduced by Senators Gregory and Hutto

S. Printed 2/5/03--S.    [SEC 2/6/03 4:28 PM]

Read the first time January 14, 2003.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON FISH, GAME AND FORESTRY

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 163) to amend Section 50-13-1630, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the sale and traffic in fish, so as to prohibit the possession, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

GREG GREGORY for Committee.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1630, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE SALE AND TRAFFIC IN FISH, SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION, SALE, OR IMPORTATION OF SNAKEHEAD FISH.

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

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

"(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 or egg of such 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); and

(10)    snakehead (all members of family Channidae)."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on Monday, December 7, 2009 at 10:14 A.M.