2012 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 50 - Fish, Game and Watercraft
Chapter 25 - BOATING AND SURFING AT PARTICULAR LOCALITIES
Section 50-25-1330 - Watercraft and recreational activity restrictions on Lake H. Taylor Blalock.

(A) Watercraft may not operate on Lake H. Taylor Blalock with an engine greater than thirty horsepower or greater than twenty-five feet in length, and in the case of a pontoon boat, the engine may not be greater than forty horsepower or greater than twenty-five feet in length, unless:

(1) the gas line has been disconnected and the engine or prop is trimmed out of water; and

(2) an electric trolling motor or engine of thirty horsepower or less is mounted.

(B) It is unlawful on Lake H. Taylor Blalock to:

(1) operate personal watercraft, including jet skis;

(2) operate watercraft between midnight and one hour before sunrise;

(3) operate watercraft with an outboard motor having horsepower in excess of the United States Coast Guard rating for the watercraft or with the Coast Guard rating plate missing or changed;

(4) operate watercraft of any type within five hundred feet of any pump station, water intake of a dam, or spillways, and these restricted areas must be clearly marked with signs designed and installed by the Spartanburg Water System;

(5) operate watercraft or anchor within one hundred fifty feet of public fishing piers;

(6) operate sailing craft with a mast height in excess of thirty feet;

(7) wade, bathe, or swim within two hundred feet of any public landing, bridge, or restricted area, and these restricted areas must be clearly marked with signs designed and installed by the Spartanburg Water System.

(C) The lake wardens may limit entrance of watercraft onto the lake via the public landings when conditions including, but not limited to, overcrowding or adverse weather create an unsafe boating environment.

HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 613, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 128, Section 18; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1271; 2004 Act No. 169, Section 1.