South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

Download This Version in Microsoft Word format

Bill 590

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

May 30, 2013

S. 590

Introduced by Senator Campsen

S. Printed 5/30/13--H.    [SEC 6/6/13 12:20 PM]

Read the first time April 24, 2013.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS, 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.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-5-1705(E) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

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

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."

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

----XX----

This web page was last updated on June 6, 2013 at 12:20 PM