Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 56-3-13210.
(A) The Department of
Motor Vehicles may issue a special motor vehicle license plate
to a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross. The biennial
fee for the special license plate is the same as the fee
provided for in Section 56-3-2020 plus the regular registration
fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3, and only one plate may be
issued to a person. The application for a special plate must
include proof that the applicant is a recipient of the
Distinguished Flying Cross.
(B) The special license
plates must be of the same size as regular motor vehicle license
plates, upon which must be imprinted on the left side of the
plates the distinctive Distinguished Flying Cross insignia with
numbers and designs determined by the department. The license
plate must be issued for a biannual period which shall expire
twenty-four months from the month in which the special license
plate is issued.
(C) 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 approved by the department. It is
unlawful for a person to whom the special plate has been issued
to knowingly permit it to be displayed on any vehicle except the
one authorized by the department.
(D) This special
license plate is exempt from the provisions contained in Section
56-3-8100, except that the department may retain its cost for
the license plate from the special license plate fee authorized
in subsection (A). The department also may require, if
necessary, that written authorization be provided to the
department to use a logo, trademark, or design that is a
copyrighted or registered emblem, seal, or other symbol to be
used to appear on the license plate.
(E) The provisions of
this article do not affect the registration and licensing of
motor vehicles as required by other provisions of this chapter
but are cumulative to them. A person who violates the provisions
of this article or who:
(1)
fraudulently gives false or fictitious information in an
application for a special license plate authorized in this
article;
(2)
conceals a material fact; or
(3)
otherwise commits a fraud in an application or in the use
of a special license plate issued is guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect three months after its approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.