FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE BILL NO. 700

89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LEGAN, WILLIAMS (159) AND GAW (Co-sponsors).

Read 1st time February 19, 1997 and 1000 copies ordered printed.

Read 2nd time February 20, 1997 and referred to the Committee on Agri-Business, February 24, 1997.

Reported from the Committee on Agri-Business, March 6, 1997, with recommendation that the bill Do Pass by Consent.

Perfected by Consent March 24, 1997.

ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk

L1586.01P

AN ACT

To amend chapter 10, RSMo, relating to official state emblems by adding thereto two new sections relating to the same subject.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 10, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 10.130 and 10.135, to read as follows:

10.130. The paddlefish or shovelbill, scientifically designated as Polyodon spathula, is hereby selected for, and shall be known as, the official aquatic animal of the state of Missouri.

10.135. The catfish is hereby selected for, and shall be known as, the official fish of the state of Missouri.

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