S.C. Code Ann. § 50-25-1350
Waterskiing and towing restrictions on Lake William C. Bowen; times boating prohibited
Effective May 20, 20241990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2024 Act No. 168 (S.1005), Section 2, eff May 20, 2024.
On Lake William C. Bowen it is unlawful to:
- (1) operate a personal watercraft, specialty propcraft, or vessel in excess of idle speed within one hundred feet of a wharf, dock, bulkhead, or pier or within fifty feet of a moored or anchored vessel or person in the water;
- (2) waterski and tow rafts, discs, or other similar floating devices upstream and west of the Interstate Highway 26 bridge which crosses over Lake William C. Bowen;
- (3) pull more than two persons at one time from any boat or to waterski while carrying one or more persons piggyback;
- (4) operate any boat, watercraft, or any other type of a vessel between midnight and one hour before sunrise.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2024 Act No. 168 (S.1005), Section 2, eff May 20, 2024.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 139, Section 1, in subsection (4), substituted "any boat, watercraft, or any other type of a vessel" for "a watercraft".
2024 Act No. 168, Section 2, rewrote (1), and in (3), substituted "two persons" for "two skiers".