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Bill 4494

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4494
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020115
Primary Sponsor:                  Lucas
All Sponsors:                     Lucas
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22239cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Date of Last Amendment:           20020220
Subject:                          Military reserve special license plates, 
                                  more than one may be issued to an active or 
                                  retired member


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020221  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee
House   20020221  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   20020220  Amended, read second time
House   20020219  Committee report: Favorable with       21 HEPW
                  amendment
House   20020115  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


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AMENDED

February 20, 2002

    H. 4494

S. Printed 2/20/02--H.

Read the first time January 15, 2002.

TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-3-1750 AND 56-3-1760, BOTH AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 56-3-1770, RELATING TO UNITED STATES MILITARY RESERVE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT MORE THAN ONE LICENSE PLATE MAY BE ISSUED TO AN ACTIVE OR RETIRED MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY RESERVE, THAT SUFFICIENT FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THESE LICENSE PLATES MUST BE PLACED IN A RESTRICTED ACCOUNT AND USED TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSE OF PRODUCING THE LICENSE PLATES, THAT LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY RESERVE SHALL HAVE IMPRINTED ON THEM OR A DECAL AFFIXED TO THEM THE WORD "RETIRED" OR AN ABBREVIATION SELECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT IF A HOLDER OF THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE CEASES TO BE A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY RESERVE, HE MUST RETURN THE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

    Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-1750 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:

    "Section 56-3-1750.    The department may issue a special motor vehicle license plate plates to active and retired members of the United States Air Force Reserve, United States Army Reserve, United States Coast Guard Reserve, United States Marine Corps Reserve, or United States Navy Reserve who are residents of the State for a private passenger motor vehicle registered in their respective names. The biennial fee for the special license plate is the regular motor vehicle registration fee plus the personalized license plate fee provided by Section 56-3-2020. Only one plate may be issued to a person. From the fees collected by the issuance of this special license plate, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the department to defray the expenses of the motor vehicle division in producing this special license plate."

SECTION    2.    Section 56-3-1760 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 164 of 1993, is further amended to read:

    "Section 56-3-1760.    The special license plate must be of the same size and general design as regular motor vehicle license plates. The department shall imprint the special license plates with the words 'United States Military Reserve' or an abbreviation selected by the department, with numbers the department may determine. The department shall imprint on or affix a decal to the special license plates issued to retired members of the United States Military Reserve the word 'Retired' or an abbreviation selected by the department. The license plate must be for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued."

SECTION    3.    Section 56-3-1770 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 56-3-1770.    A license plate issued pursuant to this article may be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned by the same person upon application being made and being approved by the department. It is unlawful for any a person to whom the plate has been issued knowingly to permit it to be displayed on any vehicle except the one authorized by the department. If a holder of the plate ceases to be an active or a retired member of the United States Military Reserve he shall must immediately return the plate to the department."

SECTION    4.    Section 56-3-8100 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1999, is amended by adding at the end:

    "(D)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, of the fees collected for a special license plate, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Public Safety to defray the expenses of the Motor vehicle Division in producing and administering the special license plate."

SECTION    5.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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