BIL:740

TYP:General Bill GB

INB:Senate

IND:20010606

PSP:Bauer

SPO:Bauer

DDN:l:\council\bills\swb\5357djc01.doc

RBY:House

COM:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR

LAD:20020312

SUB:Bass, striped; size limit on taking of effective during summer months on Lake Murray; Fish and Game

HST:

BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved

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House20020314Introduced, read first time,20 HANR

referred to Committee

Senate20020313Read third time, sent to House

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Senate20020312Amended, read second time,

notice of general amendments

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Senate20020227Committee report: Favorable with07 SFGF

amendment

Senate20010606Introduced, read first time,07 SFGF

referred to Committee

Versions of This Bill

Revised on 20020227

Revised on 20020228

Revised on 20020312

Revised on 20020313-A

TXT:

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

March 12, 2002

S.740

Introduced by Senator Bauer

S. Printed 3/12/02--S.[SEC 3/13/02 2:59 PM]

Read the first time June 6, 2001.

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 5013236, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CREEL AND SIZE LIMITS ON STRIPED BASS AND BLACK BASS FROM LAKE MURRAY, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT THE SIZE LIMIT ON STRIPED BASS TAKEN FROM LAKE MURRAY IS NOT IN EFFECT DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION 1.Section 5013236 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 401 of 2000, is further amended to read:

“Section 5013236.(A)The department may establish the daily creel limits and size limits on Lake Murray and on all waters of the Saluda River lying between the Lake Greenwood Dam (Buzzard’s Roost Dam) and Lake Murray for striped bass (rockfish) and black bass by regulations promulgated and adopted in accordance with Article 1, Chapter 23 of Title 1. No creel or size limits may be set by emergency regulations. A person taking striped bass or black bass exceeding the limits set by the department is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as provided in Section 5013285.

(B)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the size limit on striped bass (rockfish) taken from Lake Murray is not in effect during the months of June, July, and Augustit is not unlawful for a person to take and have in his possession no more than two undersized striped bass taken from Lake Murray.”

SECTION 2.Section 5013235 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 402 of 1996, is further amended to read:

“Section 5013235.(A)It is unlawful to take or possess striped bass, rockfish, less than twentyone inches in the following rivers, reservoirs, and their tributaries: Lakes Marion and Moultrie, the Congaree River, the Wateree River northward to the Lake Wateree Dam, the Lower Saluda River northward to the Lake Murray Dam, the Broad River from its confluence with the Lower Saluda River northward to the Columbia Dam, the Santee River southward to the Intercoastal Waterway, the Tailrace Canal from the Pinopolis Dam to the Cooper River, the Cooper River, including the east and west branches of the Cooper River downstream to the U.S. Highway 17 bridge, and in the Wando River.

(B)Notwithstanding subsection (A) or another provision of law, it is not unlawful for a person to take or have in his possession no more than two striped bass taken from Lake Marion or Lake Moultrie that are less than twentyone inches in length.”

SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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