§ 50-20-30 — Appointment of Administrator; reciprocal recognition of suspension of privileges; regulations; amendment of compact.

(A) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources shall appoint the Boating Compact Administrator for South Carolina. The Boating Compact Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the Director of the Department of Natural Resources. (B) The Department of Natural Resources must deny, suspend, or revoke the watercraft operating privileges or watercraft operator's license of any person in this State to the extent that the watercraft operating privileges or the watercraft operator's license have been denied, suspended, or revoked by another compact member under the provisions of this chapter. (C) The Department of Natural Resources shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (D) Any proposed amendment to the compact must be submitted to the General Assembly as an amendment to this act. In order to be endorsed by the State of South Carolina as provided by subsection (B) of Article IX of the compact, a proposed amendment to the compact must be enacted into law.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 178 (H.4561), SECTION 1, eff May 16, 2014.