Current Status Bill Number:447 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970227 Primary Sponsor:Leatherman All Sponsors:Leatherman Drafted Document Number:jic\5415htc.97 Companion Bill Number:3570 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Transportation Committee 15 ST Subject:Motor vehicle license plates, transporter; use of limited from manufacturer to dealer or distributor
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Senate 19970227 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST
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TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-2350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TRANSPORTER MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO LIMIT THEIR USE TO MOVEMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FROM A MANUFACTURER TO A DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF VEHICLE CABS OR BODIES, AND MOVING FORECLOSED OR REPOSSESSED VEHICLES AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF THESE PLATES ON VEHICLES LOANED, RENTED, OR LEASED TO EMPLOYEES OF THE TRANSPORTER OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-2350 of the 1976 Code, as amended by Act 497 of 1994, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-3-2350. A person engaged in a the business of limited operation of motor vehicles to facilitate the manufacture or the movement of vehicles from a manufacturer to a dealer or distributor, or for the move of vehicles to further the construction of cabs or bodies, or in connection with the foreclosure or repossession of these motor vehicles may apply to the department for special registration to be issued to and used by the person upon the following conditions:
(1) The application must be in a form prescribed by the department to include the applicable liability insurance as prescribed by statute and filed with the department each year. The application must include the name and residence address of the applicant as follows:
(a) if an individual, the name under which he intends to conduct business;
(b) if a partnership, the name and residence address of each member of the partnership and the name under which the business is to be conducted;
(c) if a corporation, the name and company addresses of the corporation and the name and residence address of each of its officers.
(2) The application must be certified by the applicant and by an agent of the department to verify the facts set forth in the application.
(3) The annual fee for registration is fifty dollars, plus an annual fee of ten dollars for each license plate.
(4) License plates authorized by this section must not be used on vehicles that are loaned, rented, or leased by the licensed transporter to employees or any other individuals."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.