South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 994


                    Current Status

Bill Number:               994
Ratification Number:       408
Act Number:                376
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Relating to penalties for negligent
                           operation of watercraft
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(A376, R408, S994)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-150, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR NEGLIGENT OPERATION OF WATERCRAFT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FINE PENALTY FROM ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

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

Penalty

SECTION 1. Subsection (1) of Section 50-21-150 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(1) Any person who violates any provision of Section 50-21-110 or the implementing regulations is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each violation."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.