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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3788 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990330 Primary Sponsor:Rodgers All Sponsors:Rodgers, Gilham, Pinckney and Lloyd Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\dka\3150mm99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Watercraft, Boats; Unnumbered vessel, criminal penalty for operation of History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990330 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-21-430 SO AS TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THE NUMBERING REQUIREMENTS FOR WATERCRAFT OF ARTICLE 3, CHAPTER 21, TITLE 50, INCLUDING A MAXIMUM FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE FOR OPERATING AN UNNUMBERED VESSEL FOR MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS, AND TO MAKE THE OFFENSE TRIABLE IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 21, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-21-430. A person who violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each violation. If the violation is the operation of a vessel without a valid number for more than twelve months after the violator acquired ownership, the applicable maximum fine is five hundred dollars. This offense is triable in magistrate's court."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1999.
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