Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4607 Primary Sponsor:Neilson Committee Number:20 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Water vessel operation Residing Body:House Computer Document Number:NO5/8265.BD Introduced Date:Mar 25, 1992 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Mar 25, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Neilson McKay L. Elliott Inabinett Littlejohn Haskins Manly Snow G. Brown Fair Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4607 House Mar 25, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 20
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-21-87 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF A VESSEL WITHIN FIFTY FEET OF A VESSEL DISPLAYING A DIVER'S FLAG AND PROVIDE PENALTIES AND EXCEPTIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-21-87. (A) A person may not operate a vessel within fifty feet of a vessel displaying a diver's flag to mark the diver's location under water. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned thirty days, or both, for each violation.
(B) A person does not violate this section if he operates his vessel in an area first and a person subsequently operates a vessel displaying a diver's flag within fifty feet of the first vessel."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.