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Bill 3111

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3111
Ratification Number:              147
Act Number:                       79
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990112
Primary Sponsor:                  Littlejohn
All Sponsors:                     Littlejohn, Rhoad
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11052djc99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990601
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        19990611
Subject:                          Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum; 
                                  designated official state amphibian; State 
                                  Symbols and Emblems


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  19990702  Act No. A79
------  19990611  Signed by Governor
------  19990609  Ratified R147
Senate  19990601  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
Senate  19990518  Read second time, notice of
                  general amendments
Senate  19990512  Committee report: Favorable            11 SJ
Senate  19990422  Introduced, read first time,           11 SJ
                  referred to Committee
House   19990421  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19990420  Read second time
House   19990414  Recalled from Committee                20 HANR
House   19990112  Introduced, read first time,           20 HANR
                  referred to Committee
House   19981216  Prefiled, referred to Committee        20 HANR


                             Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 14, 1999 - Word format
Revised on May 12, 1999 - Word format

(A79, R147, H3111)

AN ACT 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 1997-98 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, which inhabits deciduous forests with semipermanent pools about one meter deep; and

Whereas, the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, which is the only amphibian indigenous to the whole State, survives by avoiding bottomlands subject to regular flooding and permanent ponds containing fish, and is the only amphibian that is recommended by Lynn K. Burgess's 1997-98 third-grade class. Now, therefore,

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

Official state amphibian

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."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 9th day of June, 1999.

Approved the 11th day of June, 1999.

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