H 4438 General Bill, By Taylor, Lloyd and M.A. Pitts
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 50-25-1110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
 CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTORBOATS
 OPERATING ON LAKE WYLIE, SO AS TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS TO MOTORBOATS
 OPERATING ON LAKE GREENWOOD AS WELL.

   12/03/03  House  Prefiled
   12/03/03  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs
   01/13/04  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-74
   01/13/04  House  Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural
                     Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-74

TO AMEND SECTION 50-25-1110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NOISE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTORBOATS OPERATING ON LAKE WYLIE, SO AS TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS TO MOTORBOATS OPERATING ON LAKE GREENWOOD AS WELL.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 50-25-1110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

"Section 50-25-1110.    Any motorboat operating upon waters on Lake Wylie or Lake Greenwood shall comply with the following noise control requirements:

(1)    Motorboats with inboard-outboard propulsion machinery shall exhaust through the propeller.

(2)    Inboard motorboats with 'V' - drives - jets or propeller propulsion machinery with exhaust through the transom shall must be water cooled with a steady stream of water or exhaust underwater while under way or exhaust through an automotive type sealed (baffle) muffler for each exhaust stack, with exhaust openings not to exceed two inches in diameter. Boats with original propulsion machinery made before 1970 are exempt from the requirements of this item.

(3)    Motorboats and their propulsion machinery which exhaust over the transom shall exhaust through an automotive sealed (baffle) type muffler for each exhaust stack, with exhaust openings not to exceed two inches in diameter. Glass pack mufflers, resonators, and above water open exhausts are prohibited for such motorboats. Baffle inserts are prohibited on all inboard boats.

(4)    Motorboats with outboard propulsion machinery shall exhaust under water at all times unless designed or modified to exhaust above water and comply with the provisions of item (3) of this section."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.