Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3465 Ratification Number:219 Act Number:148 Primary Sponsor:Altman Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Self-propelled property carrying vehicles Date Bill Passed both Bodies:May 28, 1991 Computer Document Number:3465 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:Jun 12, 1991 Introduced Date:Feb 07, 1991 Date of Last Amendment:May 23, 1991 Last History Body:------ Last History Date:Jun 12, 1991 Last History Type:Act No. 148 Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Altman Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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3465 ------ Jun 12, 1991 Act No. 148
3465 ------ Jun 12, 1991 Signed by Governor
3465 ------ Jun 06, 1991 Ratified R 219
3465 House May 28, 1991 Concurred in Senate
amendment, enrolled for
ratification
3465 Senate May 27, 1991 Read third time, returned
with amendment
3465 Senate May 23, 1991 Amended, read second time
3465 Senate May 21, 1991 Committee Report: Favorable 15
with amendment
3465 Senate Mar 06, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 15
referred to Committee
3465 House Mar 05, 1991 Read third time, sent to
Senate
3465 House Feb 28, 1991 Read second time
3465 House Feb 27, 1991 Committee Report: Favorable 21
3465 House Feb 07, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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(A148, R219, H3465)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-660, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FEES AND REGISTRATION FOR SELF-PROPELLED PROPERTY CARRYING VEHICLES, SO AS TO CHANGE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING DATES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-376, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM TO REGISTER MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE DATES OF REGISTRATION FOR A SEMIANNUAL PERIOD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Registration period for self-propelled property carrying vehicles
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 56-3-660 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"The determination of gross vehicle weight for the purpose of registering and licensing self-propelled property carrying vehicles is the empty weight of the vehicle or combination of vehicles and the heaviest load to be transported by the vehicle or combination of vehicles as declared by the registered owner. All determinations of weight must be made in units of one thousand pounds or major fraction of one thousand pounds. The declared gross vehicle weight applies to all self-propelled property carrying vehicles operating in tandem with trailers or semitrailers except that the gross weight of a trailer or semitrailer is not required to be included when the operation is to be in tandem with a self-propelled property carrying vehicle which is licensed for six thousand pounds or less gross weight, and the gross vehicle weight of the combination does not exceed nine thousand pounds. The department may register and license a vehicle of this classification for which the annual registration and license fee is eighty dollars or more for a semiannual or one-half year beginning on April first and ending on September thirtieth of the same year upon application to the department by the owner and the payment of the appropriate fees. The registration and license fee for vehicles in this classification which are registered for the remaining eleven months or less of the twelve-month year ending on March thirty-first or the remaining five months or less for the one-half period ending on September thirtieth is the proportionate part of the specified annual fee for the remainder of the year or one-half year based on one-twelfth of the specified twelve-month fee for each month or part of a month remaining in the registration and license year or one-half year. No proportionate fee may be reduced lower than ten dollars. A person making application for a registration and license for a motor vehicle of this classification shall declare the true unloaded or empty weight of the vehicle."
Registration period for classified motor vehicles
SECTION 2. Section 56-3-376 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-3-376. All vehicles except those vehicles designated in Sections 56-3-375 and 56-3-780 are designated as distinct classifications and must be assigned an annual registration period as follows:
Classification (1). Vehicles for which the annual registration fee is eighty dollars or more. The department may register and license a vehicle for which the annual registration fee is eighty dollars or more for a semiannual or one-half year beginning on April first and ending on September thirtieth of the same year upon application to the department by the owner and the payment of one-half of the specified annual fee. The license and registration fee for vehicles in this classification which are registered for the remaining eleven months or less of the twelve-month license year ending on March thirty-first or the remaining five months or less for the one-half period ending on September thirtieth is the proportionate part of the specified annual fee for the remainder of the year or one-half year based on one-twelfth of the specified twelve-month fee for each month or part of a month remaining in the registration and license year or one-half year. Semiannual or half-year registrations and licenses for the first period from April first to September thirtieth expire at midnight on September thirtieth of the same year and no person shall drive, move, or operate a vehicle upon a highway after the expiration of the registration and license until the vehicle is registered and licensed for the then current period. Trucks, truck tractors, or road tractors having a load capacity of not more than one ton with an empty or unloaded weight of over four thousand pounds, and trucks, truck tractors, or road tractors with a load capacity of not more than two tons and with an empty or unloaded weight of over four thousand pounds also must be placed in this classification but may not be registered for less than a full annual period.
Classification (2). Other vehicles. All other vehicles except those vehicles described in Section 56-3-375 and classification (1) of this section are assigned an annual registration which begins on December first of each year and expires on November thirtieth of the next year except those vehicles defined in Section 56-3-700 whose registration begins on April first of each year and expires on March thirty-first of each year."
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 12th day of June, 1991.