South Carolina § 50-25-1320 - Motor restrictions on Lake William C. Bowen.
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§ 50-25-1320. Motor restrictions on Lake William C. Bowen.
On Lake William C. Bowen:
(1) No boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel with an outboard motor having a horsepower rating in excess of one hundred fifteen horsepower is permitted.
(2) No boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel with an outboard motor in excess of the United States Coast Guard rating, with Coast Guard rating plate missing or changed, is permitted.
(3) No boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel powered by an outdrive or inboard motor having an engine automotive horsepower rating in excess of two hundred horsepower is permitted. This restriction does not apply to towboats which have been approved by the American Waterski Association or any Coast Guard-approved boat commonly referred to as an inboard boat designed by the manufacturer for towing waterskiers with the motor or engine located near the midpoint of the boat between the bow and stern, propeller driven by a single rod drive shaft extending through the hull with the propeller located under the boat in front of a rudder. V-Drive towboats will not be permissible.
(4) Personal watercraft may not exceed one hundred ninety horsepower.
(5) There is no minimum or maximum restriction on length of boats, watercraft, or any other type of vessel. Boats, watercraft, and other vessels operated for law enforcement, emergency medical services, or dam maintenance and repair are exempted from the restrictions in items (1) and (3) of this section.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1271; 1996 Act No. 315, SECTION 1; 1998 Act No. 306, SECTION 1; 2014 Act No. 139 (S.558), SECTION 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2024 Act No. 168 (S.1005), SECTION 1, eff May 20, 2024.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 139, SECTION 1, substituted "boat, watercraft, or any other type of vessel" for "watercraft" throughout; and in subsection (4), added the second sentence.
2024 Act No. 168, SECTION 1, in (3), in the first sentence, substituted "two hundred horsepower" for "one hundred ninety horsepower", added the third sentence, and made a nonsubstantive change, inserted (4), and redesignated former (4) as (5).
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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