South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 251

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Grooms
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6223cm05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2005
Introduced in the House on March 3, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: No More Homeless Pets special license plates

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/12/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-29
   1/12/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-29
   2/24/2005  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-8
    3/1/2005  Senate  Read second time SJ-11
    3/2/2005  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-16
    3/3/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-19
    3/3/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-20

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/12/2005
2/24/2005

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COMMITTEE REPORT

February 24, 2005

S. 251

Introduced by Senator Grooms

S. Printed 2/24/05--S.

Read the first time January 12, 2005.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 251) to amend Section 56-3-9600, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the "No More Homeless Pets" special license plates, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

W. GREG RYBERG for Committee.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-9600, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE "NO MORE HOMELESS PETS" SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO DELETE THE TERM "STATE VETERINARIAN" AND REPLACE IT WITH THE TERM "SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE".

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-9600(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 266 of 2002, is amended to read:

"(B)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray the expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles in producing and administering the special license plates. The remaining funds collected from the special motor vehicle license fee must be deposited in a special account, separate and apart from the general fund, designated for use by the State Veterinarian South Carolina Department of Agriculture to support local animal spaying and neutering programs. The State Veterinarian South Carolina Department of Agriculture may use up to ten percent of the fees deposited in the special account for the administration of the program. Local private nonprofit tax exempt organizations offering animal spaying and neutering programs may apply for grants from this fund to further their tax exempt purposes. Grants must be awarded not more than once a year, and an applicant must receive as a grant an amount of the total revenues in the fund multiplied by the percentage that the applicant's caseload in the preceding calendar year was of the total caseload of all applicants in that year."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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