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TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-210, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A DRIVER'S LICENSE IS VALID FOR SEVEN YEARS INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of Section 56-1-210 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Every A license expires on the licensee's birth date on the fifth seventh calendar year after the calendar year in which it is issued. Every A license is renewable on or before its expiration date upon application and the payment of the required fee. The department shall require a vision test of the applicant. The vision examination may be waived upon the submission of a certificate from a person authorized by law to examine eyes. The department may renew a driver's license of a resident by mail upon payment of the required fee, if the renewal is a digitized license."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect ninety days after approval by the Governor.
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