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Bill 506

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      506
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990217
Primary Sponsor:                  Moore
All Sponsors:                     Moore
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\tlm\005truc.jjj.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Motor vehicle registration fees, license 
                                  plates; weight capacity and clarification of 
                                  truck fees


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990217  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-620, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE COST OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES, SO AS TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION OF THE COST OF TRUCK REGISTRATION FEES FOR PRIVATE PASSENGER VEHICLES, AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-630, RELATING TO VEHICLES CLASSIFIED AS PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PRIVATE VEHICLES UNDER SIX THOUSAND POUNDS AND WITH A MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT CAPACITY OF UNDER NINE THOUSAND POUNDS MUST BE CLASSIFIED AS PRIVATE PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES FOR PURPOSES OF THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-620 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A) For persons sixty-five years of age or older, or persons who are handicapped, as defined in Section 56-3-1950, the biennial registration fee for every private passenger motor vehicle, excluding trucks, is twenty dollars.

(B) Beginning July 1, 1987, for persons under the age of sixty-five years the biennial registration fee for every private passenger motor vehicle, excluding trucks, is twenty-four dollars.

(C) For persons sixty-five years of age or older, the biennial registration fee for a property-carrying vehicle with a gross weight of five six thousand pounds or less is thirty dollars.

(D) For persons who are sixty-four years of age, the biennial registration fee for a private passenger motor vehicle, excluding trucks, is twenty-two dollars.

(E) Applicable truck fees, established by Section 56-3-660, are not negated by this section."

SECTION 2. Section 56-3-630 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-630. The department shall classify as a private passenger motor vehicle every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, which is designed, used, and maintained for the transportation of ten or fewer persons and trucks having an empty weight of five six thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of eight nine thousand pounds or less. This section does not relieve or negate any applicable fees required under Section 56-3-660."

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

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