Current Status Bill Number:1231 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19980512 Primary Sponsor:Reese All Sponsors:Reese Drafted Document Number:kgh\15641dc.98 Residing Body:Senate Subject:Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum; official state amphibian, State Symbols and Emblems
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19980514 Polled out of Committee: Favorable 11 SJ Senate 19980512 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE
MAJORITY FAVORABLE
May 14, 1998
S. 1231
S. Printed 5/14/98--S.
Read the first time May 12, 1998.
To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1231), to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 1-1-699, etc., respectfully
Has polled the Bill out majority favorable.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 1-1-699 SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE SPOTTED SALAMANDER, AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM, AS THE OFFICIAL STATE AMPHIBIAN.
Whereas, incident to being introduced to the history of the State of South Carolina, the third grade class of Lynn K. Burgess at Woodlands Heights Elementary School, Spartanburg, took notice of the fact that South Carolina has never adopted, and does not have, an official state amphibian; and
Whereas, the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, is a stout bodied species of 150 to 249 millimeters in length, identified by bright yellow round spots in two irregular rows on a dark background, and inhabits deciduous forests with semi-permanent pools about one meter deep across the whole State; and
Whereas, the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, survives by avoiding bottom lands subject to regular flooding and permanent ponds containing fish, and is the only amphibian recommended by Lynn K. Burgess' third grade class that is indigenous to the whole State. Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 1-1-699. The Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, is designated as the official state amphibian."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.