Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3328 Primary Sponsor:Snow Committee Number:20 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Rockfish Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Computer Document Number:NO5/8825BD.93 Introduced Date:19930202 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19930202 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Snow Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 3328 House 19930202 Introduced, read first time, 20 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-235, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST TAKING ROCKFISH, SO AS TO EXTEND THE AREAS TO WHICH THE PROHIBITION APPLIES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-13-235 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 50-13-235. It is unlawful to take or possess striped bass, (rockfish), less than eighteen inches in Lake Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Congaree River, the Wateree River northward to the Lake Wateree Dam, the Saluda River northward to the Lake Murray Dam, the Broad River southward from the lock and dam of the Columbia Canal to the confluence of the Broad River with the Lower Saluda River, and the Santee River southward to the saltwater-freshwater dividing line Intercoastal Waterway."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.