South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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A14, R20, H3047

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hardwick and Sottile
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5046cm13.docx

Introduced in the House on January 8, 2013
Introduced in the Senate on February 20, 2013
Last Amended on April 9, 2013
Passed by the General Assembly on April 17, 2013
Governor's Action: April 23, 2013, Signed

Summary: Fishing

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2012  House   Prefiled
  12/11/2012  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs
    1/8/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 65)
    1/8/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 65)
    2/7/2013  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 4)
   2/19/2013  House   Amended (House Journal-page 37)
   2/19/2013  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 37)
   2/19/2013  House   Roll call Yeas-90  Nays-19 (House Journal-page 37)
   2/20/2013  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 24)
   2/20/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 24)
   2/20/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 24)
   3/21/2013  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Fish, Game 
                        and Forestry (Senate Journal-page 22)
    4/9/2013  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 41)
    4/9/2013  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 41)
    4/9/2013  Senate  Roll call Ayes-39  Nays-2 (Senate Journal-page 41)
   4/10/2013  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        (Senate Journal-page 31)
   4/17/2013  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled 
                        (House Journal-page 48)
   4/17/2013  House   Roll call Yeas-103  Nays-4 (House Journal-page 49)
   4/18/2013          Ratified R 20
   4/23/2013          Signed By Governor
   4/29/2013          Effective date 04/23/13
   4/30/2013          Act No. 14

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/11/2012
2/7/2013
2/19/2013
3/21/2013
4/9/2013


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A14, R20, H3047)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-5-581 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO GIG FOR FLOUNDER IN SALT WATERS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, TO DEFINE THE TERM "DAYLIGHT HOURS", TO PROVIDE A PENALTY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT GIGGING DOES NOT INCLUDE UNDERWATER SPEAR FISHING.

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

Unlawful gigging for flounder

SECTION    1.    Article 5, Chapter 5, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-5-581.    It is unlawful for a person to gig for flounder in the salt waters of this State during daylight hours. For the purposes of this section, 'daylight hours' means that period of time between official sunrise and official sunset. Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days. For the purposes of this section, gigging does not include underwater spear fishing."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 18th day of April, 2013.

Approved the 23rd day of April, 2013.

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