Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 470 Ratification Number: 172 Act Number 121 Introducing Body: Senate Subject: Increase the number of days a stream may be closed
(A121, R172, S470)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-13-65 SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAYS A STREAM MAY BE CLOSED FOR FISHING FROM SIXTY TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY IN GAME ZONE 1 ONLY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Stream may be closed
Section 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-13-65. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 50-13-60, in Game Zone 1 only, a stream may be closed for a period of one hundred fifty days under the same procedure as provided in Section 50-13-60 and any person convicted of unlawfully fishing during such closed season shall be fined as provided in Section 50-13-60."
Time effective
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.