Reference is to Printer's Date 6/4/13-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 56-3-8100(A), as contained in SECTION 8. (B), by deleting lines 24 through 38 on page 9 and inserting:
/ "Section 56-3-8100.
(A) Before the Department of Motor
Vehicles produces and distributes a special license plate
created by the General Assembly after January 1, 2006, it must
receive:
(1)
six thousand eight hundred dollars from the individual or
organization seeking issuance of the license plate;
(2)
a plan to market the sale of the special license plate
which must be approved by the department; and
(3)
the emblem, a seal, or other symbol to be used for the
plate and, if necessary, written authorization for the
department to use a logo, trademark, or design that is
copyrighted or registered. If the individual or organization
seeking issuance of the plate submits six thousand eight
hundred dollars, the Comptroller General shall place that money
into a restricted account to be used by the department to defray
the initial cost of producing the special license
plate. /
Amend the bill further by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS:
/ SECTION __. Section 56-3-2250 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-3-2250.
(A) The Department of Motor
Vehicles may provide, upon request, a sample motor vehicle
license plate which shall not be displayed on any
vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State.
Any person displaying such plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars
or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. The license
plate shall be of the same size and general design of
regular motor vehicle license plates. and
the The fee for issuance of such license
plate shall be ten dollars. Provided, that the word
"sample" shall be imprinted on the license
plate. The department may retain the ten dollar fee
to recoup its cost for producing the license plate.
(B)(1)
The department is authorized to produce, upon request,
souvenir license plates for any special organizational license
plate produced pursuant to Section 56-3-8000 or Section
56-3-8100 or any other special organizational license plate
authorized by law. In order for a special organizational
license plate to be available as a souvenir license plate, the
sponsoring organization, if there is one, must agree to make the
license plate available as a souvenir license plate.
(2)
The fee for the special organizational souvenir
license plate is twenty dollars. Ten dollars shall be retained
by the department as specified in subsection (A), and the
additional ten dollars shall be distributed to the sponsoring
organization.
(C) The
word 'SAMPLE' or the characters 'SAM123' shall be imprinted on
the license plates described in subsections (A) and (B).
(D)(1) An
individual may apply for a personalized special organizational
souvenir license plate, with a license plate text to be selected
by the applicant in a letter and numeral plate text format the
department prescribes. The department, in its discretion, may
refuse the issue of a license plate text that may carry
connotations offensive to good taste.
(2)
In order for a special organizational license
plate to be available as a personalized souvenir license plate,
the sponsoring organization, if there is one, must agree to make
the license plate available as a souvenir license plate.
(3)
The fee for the license plate contained in this
subsection is thirty dollars. Ten dollars shall be retained by
the department as specified in subsection (A), and ten dollars
shall be distributed to the organization as described in
subsection (B), plus an additional personalized fee of ten
dollars, which also shall be retained by the department to
design and maintain new online transactions allowing for
electronic processing of vehicle transactions.
(E) These
sample or souvenir license plates may be displayed only on the
front of private passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section
56-3-630 or as otherwise allowed by law in the owner's home
state and shall not be displayed on the back of any
vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State or
as otherwise allowed by law in the owner's home state.
(F) Any
person displaying a license plate in violation of this section
is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined
not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more
than thirty days for each violation."
SECTION __. Section 56-3-2340 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-3-2340.
(A) The Department of Motor
Vehicles or its designated agent may allow licensed motor
vehicle dealers to issue first time motor vehicle registrations
and license tags directly from the dealership. A dealership
shall apply to the department upon forms approved and provided
by the department. The department may request information
necessary to ensure the integrity of the current licensing
system. The department may allow or refuse a dealership the
right to issue motor vehicle registrations or license tags based
upon criteria established by the department. If a dealership
previously is denied the privilege to issue registrations and
tags, upon meeting the established criteria, the dealership may
be allowed to issue registrations or tags. If in the opinion of
the department a bond is necessary to ensure the payment of fees
associated with the registering and licensing of a vehicle, the
department may require a bond not to exceed the estimated value
of new tags and validation stickers held by the dealership or
the department's designated agent.
(B) The department
may certify third-party providers to process title, temporary
tag, license plate, and vehicle registration transactions on
behalf of the department. The department is authorized to
develop program standards and specifications that would be
required for certification. Third parties requesting
certification must agree to the program terms, conditions,
standards, and specifications in order to participate.
(C) The
department is authorized to collect a transaction fee from
entities who either transmit or retrieve data from the
department pursuant to this section. The fee must not exceed the
fee authorized in Section 56-19-265(B) for each transaction.
These fees must be placed by the Comptroller General into a
special restricted account to be used by the department to pay
for the development and maintenance of the program.
(D)
Third-party providers that process title and
registration transactions on behalf of the department may charge
a fee in excess of the fee charged by the
department."/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.