Bill Text: SC S0475 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Finfish

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-26 - Act No. 119 [S0475 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2019-S0475-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1705 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CATCH LIMITS FOR ESTUARINE AND SALTWATER FINFISH, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO TAKE OR HAVE IN POSSESSION MORE THAN THREE TRIPLETAIL IN ANY ONE DAY, NOT TO EXCEED NINE TRIPLETAIL IN ANY ONE DAY ON ANY BOAT; AND TO AMEND SECTION 50-5-1710(B) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SIZE LIMITS FOR ESTUARINE AND SALTWATER FINFISH, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO TAKE, POSSESS, LAND, SELL, PURCHASE, OR ATTEMPT TO SELL OR PURCHASE TRIPLETAIL OF LESS THAN EIGHTEEN INCHES IN TOTAL LENGTH.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-5-1705 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered new subsection to read:

"(    )    It is unlawful for a person to take or have in possession more than three tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) in any one day, not to exceed nine tripletail in any one day on any boat."

SECTION    2.    Section 50-5-1710(B) of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately numbered new item to read:

"(    )    tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) of less than eighteen inches in total length;"

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect on July 1, 2019.