South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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A161, R169, S1028

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Alexander
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26078dg14.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 18, 2014
Introduced in the House on March 18, 2014
Passed by the General Assembly on April 3, 2014
Governor's Action: April 14, 2014, Signed

Summary: Watercraft on Tugalo Lake

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/18/2014  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 10)
   2/18/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 10)
    3/5/2014  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 21)
   3/11/2014  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 38)
   3/11/2014  Senate  Roll call Ayes-42  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 38)
   3/12/2014  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 25)
   3/18/2014  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 9)
   3/18/2014  House   Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources 
                        and Environmental Affairs (House Journal-page 9)
   3/27/2014  House   Committee report: Favorable Agriculture, Natural 
                        Resources and Environmental Affairs 
                        (House Journal-page 3)
    4/2/2014  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 193)
    4/2/2014  House   Roll call Yeas-104  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 194)
    4/3/2014  House   Read third time and enrolled (House Journal-page 15)
   4/10/2014          Ratified R 169
   4/14/2014          Signed By Governor
   4/16/2014          Effective date 04/14/14
   4/23/2014          Act No. 161

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/18/2014
3/5/2014
3/27/2014


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A161, R169, S1028)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 50-25-1010, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO WATERCRAFT OPERATED ON TUGALO LAKE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO MOTOR IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE HORSEPOWER SHALL BE USED ON LAKE TUGALO INSTEAD OF TWENTY HORSEPOWER.

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

Watercraft on Tugalo Lake

SECTION    1.    Section 50-25-1010 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 50-25-1010.    Except for law enforcement and dam operation and maintenance watercraft, no motor in excess of twenty-five 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 10th day of April, 2014.

Approved the 14th day of April, 2014.

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