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AMENDED
February 21, 2017
H. 3665
Introduced by Reps. Hixon, Kirby, Hewitt, Atkinson, Sottile, Cogswell, Yow, Wheeler and Forrest
S. Printed 2/21/17--H.
Read the first time February 2, 2017.
TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1710, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SIZE LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED, SO AS TO INCREASE THE SIZE LIMIT FOR FLOUNDER THAT MAY BE LAWFULLY TAKEN, POSSESSED, LANDED, SOLD, OR PURCHASED.
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-5-1710(B)(2) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 7 of 2013, is further amended to read:
"(2) flounder (Paralichthys) of less than fourteen fifteen inches total length;"
SECTION 2. Section 50-5-1705(G) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 50 of 2013, is further amended to read:
"(G) It is unlawful for a person to take or possess more than fifteen ten flounder (Paralichthys species) taken by means of gig, spear, hook and line, or similar device in any one day, not to exceed thirty twenty flounder in any one day on any boat."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2017.
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