2011-2012 Bill 502: Sailboats Without a Motor - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 502 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 General Bill 9 Sponsors: Senator Davis 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3178sd11.docx 11 12 Introduced in the Senate on February 3, 2011 13 Introduced in the House on March 30, 2011 14 Currently residing in the House Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental 15 Affairs 16 17 Summary: Sailboats without a motor 18 19 20 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 21 22 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 23 2/3/2011 Senate Introduced and read first time ( Senate Journalpage 7) 24 2/3/2011 Senate Referred to Committee on Fish, Game and Forestry ( Senate Journalpage 7) 25 3/17/2011 Senate Committee report: Favorable Fish, Game and Forestry ( Senate Journalpage 10) 26 3/24/2011 Senate Read second time ( Senate Journalpage 21) 27 3/24/2011 Senate Roll call Ayes39 Nays1 ( Senate Journalpage 21) 28 3/29/2011 Senate Read third time and sent to House ( Senate Journalpage 6) 29 3/30/2011 House Introduced and read first time ( House Journalpage 20) 30 3/30/2011 House Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental 31 Affairs ( House Journalpage 20) 32 33 34 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 35 36 2/3/2011 37 3/17/2011 38 1 Indicates Matter Stricken 2 Indicates New Matter 3 4 COMMITTEE REPORT 5 March 17, 2011 6 7 S. 502 8 9 Introduced by Senator Davis 10 11 S. Printed 3/17/11--S. 12 Read the first time February 3, 2011. 13 14 15 THE COMMITTEE ON FISH, GAME AND FORESTRY 16 To whom was referred a Bill (S. 502) to amend Section 502330, 17 as amended, Code of Law of South Carolina, 1976, relating to 18 exemptions from the requirement that watercraft and outboard 19 motors be, etc., respectfully 20 REPORT: 21 That they have duly and carefully considered the same and 22 recommend that the same do pass: 23 24 RONNIE W. CROMER for Committee. 25

[502-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BILL 10 11 TO AMEND SECTION 502330, AS AMENDED, CODE OF 12 LAW OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO 13 EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT 14 WATERCRAFT AND OUTBOARD MOTORS BE TITLED, SO 15 AS TO EXEMPT SAILBOATS WITHOUT MOTORIZED 16 PROPULSION NOT MORE THAN FOURTEEN FEET IN 17 LENGTH FROM THE TITLING REQUIREMENT. 18 19 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South 20 Carolina: 21 22 SECTION 1. Section 502330 of the 1976 Code, as last amended 23 by Act 344 of 2008, is further amended to read: 24 25 “Section 502330. Watercraft documented by the United States 26 Coast Guard or its predecessor or successor agency and water skis, 27 aquaplanes, surfboards, windsurfers, and similar devices, sailboats 28 without motorized propulsion not more than fourteen feet in 29 length, and those watercraft propelled exclusively by human power 30 are not required to be titled.” 31 32 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the 33 Governor. 34 XX 35

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