S*0597(Rat #0214, Act #0194 of 2002)  General Bill, By Wilson, Grooms and 
Branton
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8000, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
 1976, RELATING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO
 PROVIDE THAT PRIVATE-PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES OR LIGHT PICKUPS HAVING AN EMPTY
 WEIGHT OF SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS MAY OBTAIN A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS OBTAINED CERTIFICATION
 UNDER SECTION 501(C)(8) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE MAY OBTAIN A
 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION
 56-3-8100, RELATING TO GUIDELINES FOR THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT OF THE FEES COLLECTED FOR A
 SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE, THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL SHALL PLACE SUFFICIENT FUNDS
 INTO A RESTRICTED ACCOUNT TO BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO
 DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION IN PRODUCING THE SPECIAL
 PLATES.-amended title

   04/18/01  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-2
   04/18/01  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-2
   05/08/01  Senate Polled out of committee Transportation SJ-7
   05/08/01  Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-7
   05/09/01  Senate Read second time SJ-88
   05/09/01  Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
                     amendments SJ-88
   01/23/02  Senate Amended SJ-20
   01/23/02  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-20
   01/24/02  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-4
   01/24/02  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-5
   03/05/02  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education and Public Works HJ-4
   03/07/02  House  Amended HJ-21
   03/07/02  House  Read second time HJ-22
   03/07/02  House  Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day HJ-22
   03/08/02  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments HJ-4
   03/12/02  Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-13
   03/21/02         Ratified R 214
   03/27/02         Signed By Governor
   04/16/02         Effective date 03/27/02
   04/16/02         Copies available
   04/24/02         Act No. 194

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8000, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PRIVATE-PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES OR LIGHT PICKUPS HAVING AN EMPTY WEIGHT OF SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS MAY OBTAIN A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS OBTAINED CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(8) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE MAY OBTAIN A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8100, RELATING TO GUIDELINES FOR THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT OF THE FEES COLLECTED FOR A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE, THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL SHALL PLACE SUFFICIENT FUNDS INTO A RESTRICTED ACCOUNT TO BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION IN PRODUCING THE SPECIAL PLATES.

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

Nonprofit organization special license plates

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-8000(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 286 of 2000, is further amended to read:

"(A) The department may issue special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles or light pickups having an empty weight of seven thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of nine thousand pounds or less registered in their names which may have imprinted on the plate the emblem, a seal, or other symbol the department considers appropriate of an organization which has obtained certification pursuant to either Section 501(C)(3), 501(C)(7), or 501(C)(8) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code. The fee for this special license plate is the fee contained in Section 56-3-2020.

The special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued."

Production and distribution guidelines

SECTION 2. Section 56-3-8100 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1999, is amended by adding at the end:

"(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the fees collected for the 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 plate."

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 21st day of March, 2002.

Approved the 27th day of March, 2002.