South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A399, R454, H3882

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Harrell and Clark
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6463cm05.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1017

Introduced in the House on April 7, 2005
Introduced in the Senate on February 7, 2006
Last Amended on June 14, 2006
Passed by the General Assembly on June 14, 2006
Governor's Action: September 29, 2006, Signed

Summary: Year of Manufacture Motor Vehicle License Plates

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    4/7/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-4
    4/7/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-4
   1/19/2006  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clark
   1/26/2006  House   Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and 
                        Public Works HJ-28
   1/31/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
    2/1/2006  House   Amended HJ-33
    2/1/2006  House   Read second time HJ-34
    2/2/2006  House   Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-14
    2/7/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-11
    2/7/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-11
    5/8/2006  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Transportation SJ-47
    5/9/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-19
   5/11/2006          Scrivener's error corrected
   5/16/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-31
   5/17/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-29
   5/17/2006  Senate  Read second time
   5/18/2006  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        SJ-49
   5/25/2006  House   Senate amendment amended HJ-38
   5/25/2006  House   Returned to Senate with amendments HJ-38
   5/30/2006  Senate  Non-concurrence in House amendment SJ-102
   5/31/2006  House   House insists upon amendment and conference committee 
                        appointed Reps. Owens, EH Pitts, and Clark HJ-89
   5/31/2006  Senate  Conference committee appointed Fair, Hutto, and Grooms 
                        SJ-113
   6/14/2006  House   Conference report received and adopted HJ-157
   6/14/2006  Senate  Conference report adopted SJ-169
   6/14/2006  Senate  Ordered enrolled for ratification SJ-169
   6/14/2006          Ratified R 454
   9/29/2006          Signed By Governor
   10/4/2006          Copies available
   10/4/2006          Effective date 03/30/07
   10/9/2006          Act No. 399

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/7/2005
4/12/2005
1/26/2006
1/31/2006
2/1/2006
5/8/2006
5/9/2006
5/11/2006
5/17/2006
5/25/2006
6/14/2006

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A399, R454, H3882)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 10 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ALLOW YEAR OF MANUFACTURE LICENSE PLATES TO SERVE AS THE OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.

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

Year of Manufacture Motor Vehicle License Plates

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 10

Year of Manufacture Motor Vehicle License Plates

Section 56-3-1450.    (A)    An owner of a motor vehicle that is thirty years old or older, may apply to the department to use a license plate issued by this State in the year corresponding to the model year of the vehicle, if the license plate is legible and serviceable, as determined by the department. If the department determines that the plate is legible and serviceable, the applicant must submit the regular vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title, and the special license plate fee required by Section 56-3-2020. The biennial renewal fee for these plates shall be the regular vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title, and the special license plate fee required by Section 56-3-2020.

(B)    Once the department approves use of the plate and the applicant submits the required fees, the department shall register the plate to the applicant. The department may not register a license plate that has a sequence of numbers, letters, or other characters identical to any other license plate already issued by the department. The applicant may only use the special license plate on the vehicle with which the license plate registration corresponds.

(C)    License plates registered pursuant to this section may only be transferred to vehicles of the same model year as the year the license plate was originally issued."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect six months after the approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 14th day of June, 2006.

Approved the 29th day of September, 2006.

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