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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4310 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000111 Primary Sponsor:Rodgers All Sponsors:Rodgers, Lloyd Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\swb\5007djc00.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Com 20 HANR Subject:Motorboats towing persons on water skis, observation person must be at least sixteen; Watercraft, Boats History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 20 HANR referred to Committee House 19991201 Prefiled, referred to Committee 20 HANR Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-810, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTORBOATS TOWING PERSONS ON WATER SKIS OR SIMILAR DEVICES HAVING AN OBSERVER OR REAR-VIEW MIRROR, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE PERSON OBSERVING THE PERSON BEING TOWED TO BE NOT LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-21-810 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 50-21-810. No person shall operate a motorboat on any waters of this State for towing a person or persons on water skis, or an aquaplane, or similar device, unless there is in such motorboat a person not less than sixteen years of age, in addition to the operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed or such motorboat is equipped with a wide-angle rear-view mirror mounted in such a manner as to permit the operator of the motorboat to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval of the Governor.
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