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TO AMEND SECTION 50-21-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERMITTING THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAKE SPECIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF VESSELS ON WATERS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THIS STATE AND THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ADOPT ORDINANCES CONSISTENT WITH THESE REGULATIONS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THESE REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE PARASAILING WATERCRAFT OPERATING IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO OPERATE AT A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY FEET FROM THE SHORELINE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 50-21-30 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended by adding a new item (4) to read:
"(4) The department by the special rules and regulations authorized by this section, and political subdivisions in any local ordinances regarding the operation of parasailing watercraft on waters within the territorial limits of this State, must require parasailing watercraft operating in the Atlantic Ocean to operate at a minimum distance of one thousand nine hundred eighty feet from the shoreline."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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