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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3643 Ratification Number:84 Act Number:43 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990302 Primary Sponsor:Sandifer All Sponsors:Sandifer and Barrett Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\kgh\15386dc99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990512 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19990602 Subject:Motorboats on Tugalo Lake, certain prohibited on; Watercraft, Boats History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19990618 Act No. A43 ------ 19990602 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 19990526 Ratified R84 Senate 19990512 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 19990511 Read second time Senate 19990506 Committee report: Favorable 07 SFGF Senate 19990304 Introduced, read first time, 07 SFGF referred to Committee House 19990304 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19990303 Read second time House 19990302 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without reference Versions of This Bill Revised on March 2, 1999 - Word format Revised on May 6, 1999 - Word format
(A43, R84, H3643)
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, TITLE 50, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BOATING AND SURFING BY ADDING ARTICLE 10 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, NO MOTOR IN EXCESS OF TWENTY HORSEPOWER SHALL BE USED ON ANY VESSEL OPERATED ON TUGALO LAKE, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Motors in excess of twenty horsepower not to be used
SECTION 1. Chapter 25, Title 50 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 50-25-1010. Except for law enforcement and dam operation and maintenance watercraft, no motor in excess of twenty horsepower shall be used on any watercraft operated on Tugalo Lake. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 26th day of May, 1999.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/2/99.
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