Current Status Bill Number:1228 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19980505 Primary Sponsor:Wilson All Sponsors:Wilson, Leventis, Hayes, Branton, Ravenel and Lander Drafted Document Number:ggs\22098cm.98 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Transportation Committee 15 ST Subject:Motor vehicle license plates, special provided to members of State Guard; Adjutant General
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Senate 19980505 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST
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TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1815, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES TO RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY ALSO ISSUE A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1820, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE DESIGN OF, FEE FOR, AND DURATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE AND THE DENOTATION OF A RETIRED NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER'S STATUS ON THE LICENSE PLATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE MAY HAVE NATIONAL GUARD OR STATE GUARD ALSO PRINTED ON IT WITH NUMBERS, OR LETTERS, OR BOTH, AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A RETIRED NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER'S RETIRED STATUS MUST BE DENOTED ON THE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE; TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1830, RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF A NATIONAL GUARD SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, ITS DISPLAY ON AN UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLE, AND ITS RETURN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ONCE THE HOLDER CEASES TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION APPLIES TO A STATE GUARD SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE; AND TO REPEAL SECTIONS 56-3-4710, 56-3-4720, 56-3-4730, AND 56-3-4740 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-1815 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-3-1815. The Department may issue a special motor vehicle license plates plate to a retired members member of the South Carolina National Guard, if the applicant for a special license plate is certified as a retired member of the National Guard by the Adjutant General and may issue a special motor vehicle license plate to a member of the South Carolina State Guard who is a resident of the State for a private passenger motor vehicle owned by a member or a retiree."
SECTION 2. Section 56-3-1820 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 425 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-3-1820. The special license plates must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates upon which must be imprinted 'National Guard', 'National Guard Retired', or 'State Guard' and the figure of the 'Minute Man' with numbers, the department may determine. Special license plates for retired members of the National Guard must denote the member's retired status in the location and manner determined by the department or letters, or both as determined by the department. The biennial fee for the special license plates plate is the regular motor vehicle registration fee prescribed by Article 5 of this chapter. The plates must be issued for biennial periods November first to October thirty-first."
SECTION 3. Section 56-3-1830 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-3-1830. License plates 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 therefor and approved by the department. It is unlawful for any person to whom the plates have been issued to knowingly permit them to be displayed on any vehicle except the one authorized by the department. If a holder of a special license plates plate ceases to be an active member of the National Guard or the State Guard, he shall immediately shall return the plates to the department."
SECTION 4. Sections 56-3-4710, 56-3-4720, 56-3-4730, and 56-3-4740 of the 1976 Code are repealed.
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.