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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3455 Ratification Number:226 Act Number:227 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990204 Primary Sponsor:Lloyd All Sponsors:Lloyd, Clyburn, Parks, J. Hines, Scott, Bales, Taylor, Rutherford and M. Hines Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\ggs\22141cm99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20000210 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:20000225 Subject:Identification cards, special; age of person who may apply for revised; Minors, Motor Vehicles, Public Safety History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 20000331 Act No. A227 ------ 20000225 Signed by Governor ------ 20000223 Ratified R226 Senate 20000210 Read third time, enrolled for ratification Senate 20000209 Read second time Senate 20000203 Committee report: Favorable 15 ST Senate 19990527 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST referred to Committee House 19990527 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19990526 Read second time House 19990520 Committee report: Favorable 21 HEPW House 19990204 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on May 20, 1999 - Word format Revised on February 3, 2000 - Word format
(A227, R226, H3455)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-3350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS, SO AS TO REVISE THE AGE OF A PERSON WHO MAY APPLY FOR A SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Special identification cards
SECTION 1. Section 56-1-3350 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-1-3350. Upon application by any person 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.
The fee for the issuance of the special identification card is five dollars, and the identification card expires five years from the date of issuance. The renewal fee is also five dollars. Issuance and renewal fees are waived for indigent persons who are mentally ill, mentally retarded, homeless, or who are on public assistance as the sole source of income. As used in this section 'indigent' means a person who is qualified for legal assistance which is paid for with public funds. For purposes of this section, a homeless person is an individual who lacks a fixed and regular nighttime residence or an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is:
(a) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, including congregated shelters and transitional housing;
(b) an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or
(c) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations for human beings.
The term does not include any individual imprisoned or otherwise detained pursuant to an act of Congress. Annually, the director of a facility which provides care or shelter to homeless persons must certify this fact to the department. The department must maintain a list of facilities which are approved by the department, and only letters from the directors of these approved facilities are considered to comply with the provisions of this section. To have the issuance or renewal fee waived for an identification card, a homeless person must present a letter to the department from the director of a facility that provides care or shelter to homeless persons certifying that the person named in the letter is homeless. The letter may not be older than thirty days.
Special identification cards issued to persons under the age of twenty-one must be marked, stamped, or printed to readily indicate that the person to whom the card is issued is under the age of twenty-one."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 23rd day of February, 2000.
Approved the 25th day of February, 2000.
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