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Committee backs bill to ban swimming near public boat landings on Santee Cooper lakes
Summary
Senate Fish, Game and Forestry advanced S 463 to extend an existing prohibition on swimming within 50 feet of public boat landings to landings on lakes owned or maintained by Santee Cooper (Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie). The Department of Natural Resources told the panel it supports the bill for boater safety.
Senate Bill S463, which would add public boat landings on Santee Cooper-owned reservoirs to an existing prohibition on swimming within 50 feet of a boat landing, received a favorable committee report after a short hearing.
Mr. Cole, a committee staff member, told the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee that S463 ‘‘adds public boat landings on lakes or reservoirs owned or maintained by Santee Cooper’’ to the prohibition and specifically…
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