1999-2000 Bill 3690: Swordfish, Unlawful to Sell, Offer for Sale, Barter, Traffic In, Or

1 BIL: 3690 2 TYP: General Bill GB 3 INB: House 4 IND: 19990310 5 PSP: Limehouse 6 SPO: Limehouse 7 DDN: l:\council\bills\kgh\15293dc99.doc 8 RBY: House 9 COM: Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR 10 SUB: Swordfish, unlawful to sell, offer for sale, barter, traffic in, or 11 purchase; Fish and Game 12 13 14 HST: 15 16 Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved 17 ______18 House 19990310 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR 19 referred to Committee 20 21 22 Printed Versions of This Bill 23 24 25 26 27 TXT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 50-13-1610, AS AMENDED, CODE OF 12 LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE 13 SALE OR TRAFFIC IN CERTAIN GAME FISH, SO AS TO 14 PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO SELL, OFFER FOR 15 SALE, BARTER, TRAFFIC IN, OR PURCHASE SWORDFISH, 16 AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS 17 SECTION. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. Section 50-13-1610 of the 1976 Code, as last 23 amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read: 24 25 “Section 50-13-1610. It shall be unlawful, at any time, to sell, 26 offer for sale, barter, traffic in, or purchase swordfish (Xiphias 27 gladius), as a food item or otherwise, or any game fish so classified 28 under the provisions of Section 50-1-30, except as to fresh-water 29 trout as provided in Sections 50-13-1680 and 50-13-1740, 30 regardless of where caught. Any person violating this section is 31 guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall for the first 32 offense be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than 33 three hundred dollars. For the second offense within five years of 34 the date of conviction for the first offense, he shall be fined not 35 less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars 36 and be imprisoned for thirty days. For a third offense within five 37 years of the date of conviction for the first offense, he shall be 38 fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one 39 thousand dollars and be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. 40 Fourth and subsequent offenses within five years of the date of 41 conviction for the first offense shall be punished as provided for a 42 third offense.”

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