Current Status Bill Number:1325 Ratification Number:319 Act Number:315 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19960403 Primary Sponsor:Reese All Sponsors:Reese, Russell and Courtney Drafted Document Number:pt\2322htc.96 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960418 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19960506 Subject:Water outdrive or inboard motors on Lake Bowen, horsepower
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19960516 Act No. A315 ------ 19960506 Signed by Governor ------ 19960430 Ratified R319 House 19960418 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19960417 Read second time House 19960411 Recalled from Committee 20 HANR House 19960409 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee Senate 19960408 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19960404 Read second time Senate 19960403 Unanimous consent for second and third reading on the next two consecutive Legislative days Senate 19960403 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without referenceView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A315, R319, S1325)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-25-1320, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO WATERCRAFT MOTOR RESTRICTIONS ON LAKE WILLIAM C. BOWEN, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM HORSEPOWER LIMITATION ON OUTDRIVE OR INBOARD MOTORS FROM ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TO ONE HUNDRED NINETY HORSEPOWER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Horsepower
SECTION 1. Section 50-25-1320(3) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"(3) No watercraft powered by an outdrive or inboard motor having an engine automotive horsepower rating in excess of one hundred ninety horsepower is permitted. This restriction does not apply to towboats which have been approved by the American Waterski Association."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 6th day of May, 1996.