Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.994 Ratification Number:408 Act Number:376 Introducing Body:Senate Subject:Relating to penalties for negligent operation of watercraft
(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.