When the death of a person ensues within three years as a proximate result of injury received by the operation of a boat in reckless disregard of the safety of others, the person operating the boat is guilty of reckless homicide. A person convicted of reckless homicide or a person who enters a plea of guilty of reckless homicide and receives sentence thereon must be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both. A person convicted of reckless homicide, involuntary manslaughter, manslaughter, or murder in the operation of a boat must be prohibited by the court having jurisdiction of these violations from operating any boat within this State for a period of not more than five years.
S.C. Code Ann. § 50-21-115
Reckless homicide by operation of boat; penalty; persons convicted of certain offenses prohibited from operating boat
Known as the South Carolina Boating and Safety Act
The act spans §§ 50-21-10 to 50-21-95 (39 sections).
1980 Act No. 312, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1269; 1999 Act No. 124, SECTION 2; 2001 Act No. 97, SECTION 2.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.