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House Amendment 1
H 3003 - Session 119 (2011-2012)
Voter ID
Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting Section 7-5-675, as contained in SECTION 2, page 3, lines 23-25, and inserting:
/ "Section 7-5-675. The State Elections Commission shall implement a system in order to issue voter registration cards with a photograph of the elector. This voter registration card may be used for voting purposes only." /
Amend the bill further, by deleting Section 7-3-20(C)(13) in its entirety, as contained in SECTION 4, page 5, lines 21-23, and inserting:
/ (13) enter into the master file a separate designation each for voters casting absentee ballots in a general election." /
Amend the bill further, by deleting Section 7-13-710(A) in its entirety, as contained in SECTION 7, pages 6 and 7, and inserting:
/ "Section
7-13-710. (A)
When any a person presents himself
to vote, he shall produce his a valid
and current:
(1)
South Carolina driver's license; or
(2)
other form of identification containing a
photograph issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles,
if he is not licensed to drive, or the written notification of
registration provided for by Sections 7-5-125 and 7-5-180 if the
notification has been signed by the elector.;
or
(3)
passport; or
(4)
military identification containing a photograph
issued by the federal government; or
(5)
South Carolina voter registration card
containing a photograph of the voter pursuant to Section
7-5-675. /
If the elector loses or defaces his
registration notification, he may obtain a duplicate
notification from his county board of registration upon request
in person, or by telephone or mail. /
Amend the bill further, by deleting Section 56-1-3350(A) in its entirety, as contained in SECTION 10, page 11, lines 1 - 8, and inserting:
/ "Section 56-1-3350.
(A) Upon application by a
person ten five years of age or older
who is a resident of South Carolina, the department shall issue
a special identification card as long as:
(1)
the application is made on a form approved and furnished
by the department; and
(2)
the applicant presents to the person issuing the
identification card a birth certificate or other evidence
acceptable to the department of his name and date of birth. /
Amend the bill further, by deleting Section 56-1-3350(E) in its entirety, as contained in SECTION 10, page 12, lines 3 - 14, and inserting:
/ (E) The fees
collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the
Department of Transportation State Non-Federal Aid Highway
Fund as provided in the following schedule based on the
actual date of receipt by the Department of Motor Vehicles: .
Fees and Penalties General Fund Department of
Collected After of the State Transportation
State Non-Federal
Aid Highway Fund
June 30, 2005 60 percent 40
percent
June 30, 2006 20 percent 80
percent
June 30, 2007 0 percent 100
percent
Upon full implementation of Section 7-5-675 by the State
Election Commission, the department may resume charging a five
dollar fee for all special identification cards. The State
Election Commission shall certify to the department that Section
7-5-675 has been implemented statewide prior to the department
reinstating fees for the issuance of special identification
cards to persons seventeen years of age or older."/
Amend the bill further, SECTION 12(6) in its entirety, page 12, lines 37 - 39, and inserting:
/(6) Place an advertisement describing the changes in this legislation in South Carolina newspapers of general circulation at the same time as advertisements for primary or general elections are placed. /
Amend the bill further, SECTION 12, page 13, line 9, by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:
/( ) The State Election Commission shall implement necessary accommodations to allow voting in each county to comply with the Help America Vote Act. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.