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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3461 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19990204 Primary Sponsor:Keegan All Sponsors:Keegan, Kelley, Bailey, Rodgers Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\pt\1181cm99.doc Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Motor vehicle license plates, special for Marine Corps League members; Veterans' and Military Affairs History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19990216 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Rodgers House 19990204 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 57 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 56-3-6920. The department may issue special motor vehicle license plates to members of the Marine Corps League for private motor vehicles registered in their names. Only one plate may be issued to a person. The fee for the issuance of this special plate must be the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title which must be deposited in the state general fund and the special fee required by Section 56-3-2020 which must be deposited with the Department of Revenue. The department must receive at least three hundred applications requesting a Marine Corps League special license plate before the special license plate may be issued. Every five years the department shall assess the cost of production, administration, and issuance of this plate and provide this information to the General Assembly.
Section 56-3-6930. The special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates, upon which must be imprinted the Marine Corps League seal, the words 'Once a Marine, Always a Marine', and numbers the department may determine necessary."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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