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S. 120
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Knotts and Rose
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5606cm09.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3134, 3820
Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2009
Introduced in the House on March 31, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Special license plates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/10/2008 Senate Prefiled 12/10/2008 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation 1/13/2009 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-126 1/13/2009 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-126 3/25/2009 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation SJ-3 3/25/2009 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted SJ-3 3/25/2009 Senate Read second time SJ-3 3/25/2009 Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day SJ-3 3/26/2009 Scrivener's error corrected 3/26/2009 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-12 3/31/2009 House Introduced and read first time HJ-24 3/31/2009 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-24
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12/10/2008
3/25/2009
3/25/2009-A
3/26/2009
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED
March 25, 2009
S. 120
S. Printed 3/25/09--S. [SEC 3/26/09 12:38 PM]
Read the first time January 13, 2009.
TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-9910, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES' ISSUANCE OF GOLD STAR FAMILY SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE FEE FOR THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE IS THE DEPARTMENT'S COST TO PRODUCE IT AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRODUCTION OF THIS LICENSE PLATE IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 56-3-8000(B) AND (C).
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-9910 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 347 of 2008, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-3-9910. (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue 'Gold Star Family' special license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630 registered in their names who are immediate family members of members of the armed forces killed in action. The There is no fee for this special license plate must be the regular motor vehicle license fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title and the special fee required by Section 56-3-2020. The license plates issued pursuant to this section must conform to a design agreed to by the department and the Chief Executive Officer of the South Carolina Chapter of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. or other similar organization operating in this State. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the fees collected for the special license plate, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray the expenses of the Department of Motor Vehicles in producing and administering the special plate.
(B) Notwithstanding another provision of law, the provisions contained in Section 56-3-8000(B) and (C) do not apply to the production and distribution of 'Gold Star Family' special license plates.
(C) For the purposes of this section, 'immediate family member' means a person who is a spouse, a child, claimed as a dependent for income tax purposes, or a sibling."
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