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A72, R86, S590

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Campsen
Document Path: l:\s-res\gec\046tarp.hm.gec.docx

Introduced in the Senate on April 9, 2013
Introduced in the House on April 24, 2013
Last Amended on May 30, 2013
Passed by the General Assembly on June 6, 2013
Governor's Action: June 13, 2013, Signed

Summary: Catch limits for Tarpon

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    4/9/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 13)
    4/9/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 13)
   4/18/2013  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 12)
   4/23/2013  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 37)
   4/23/2013  Senate  Roll call Ayes-37  Nays-1 (Senate Journal-page 37)
   4/24/2013  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 16)
   4/24/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 108)
   4/24/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 108)
   5/23/2013  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture, 
                        Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 7)
   5/30/2013  House   Amended (House Journal-page 51)
   5/30/2013  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 51)
   5/30/2013  House   Roll call Yeas-78  Nays-26 (House Journal-page 51)
   5/30/2013  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day (House Journal-page 53)
   5/31/2013  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        (House Journal-page 4)
    6/4/2013          Scrivener's error corrected
    6/6/2013          Scrivener's error corrected
    6/6/2013  Senate  Concurred in House amendment and enrolled 
                        (Senate Journal-page 57)
    6/6/2013  Senate  Roll call Ayes-35  Nays-2 (Senate Journal-page 57)
   6/11/2013          Ratified R 86
   6/13/2013          Signed By Governor
   6/20/2013          Effective date 06/13/13
   6/24/2013          Act No. 72

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/9/2013
4/18/2013
5/23/2013
5/30/2013
6/4/2013
6/6/2013

(A72, R86, S590)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS FOR CERTAIN FISH, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO TAKE OR POSSESS MORE THAN ONE TARPON IN ANY ONE DAY OR A TARPON OF LESS THAN SEVENTY-SEVEN INCHES IN FORK LENGTH; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-15, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO CERTAIN TERMS AND THEIR DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO DEFINE THE TERM "FORK LENGTH".

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

Taking and possessing of tarpon

SECTION    1.    Section 50-5-1705(E) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 7 of 2013, is further amended to read:

"(E)    It is unlawful for a person to take or possess more than one tarpon in any one day or a tarpon of less than seventy-seven inches in fork length."

Definition

SECTION    2.    Section 50-5-15 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 7 of 2013, is further amended by adding the following appropriately numbered item:

"( )    'Fork length' means the length of a fish laid flat and measured from the tip of the closed mouth (snout) to the center of the fork of the tail. It is a straight line measure, not over the curvature of the body."

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 11th day of June, 2013.

Approved the 13th day of June, 2013.

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