View Amendment Current Amendment: 2a to Bill 3124 Rep. Daning proposes the following Amendment No. 2a to H. 3124 (COUNCIL\SWB\5108CM12):

Reference is to the printers date: 6/2/11-S.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 12 in its entirety which creates the 'Coon Hunter's' special license plate.

Amend the bill further, Section 56-3-8000(K), as contained in SECTION 22, by deleting / deposit / as contained on line 33, page 20, and inserting / fee /.

Amend the bill further Section 56-3-8100(J), as contained in SECTION 23, by deleting / deposit / as contain on line 24, page 22, and inserting / fee /.

Amend the bill further by deleting SECTION 25 in its entirety.

Amend the bill further, Section 56-3-12510(D) as contained in SECTION 27, page 25, by deleting Section 56-3-12510(D) and inserting:

/      (D)      The requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for this license plate are those set for the in Section 56-3-8100. /

Amend the bill further by deleting SECTION 29, page 26 in its entirety and inserting:

/ SECTION      29.      Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

     "ARTICLE 127

     '2010-11 BASEBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS' SPECIAL

LICENSE PLATES

     Section 56-3-12710.      (A)      The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue '2010 Baseball National Champions' special license plates to owners of private passenger motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles, as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their names.
     (B)      The University of South Carolina may submit to the department for its approval the emblem, seal, or other symbol it desires to be used for its respective special license plate, provided that the phrase '2010-11 National Baseball Champions' must be utilized on the plate.
     (C)      The requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for the plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. The biennial fee for this plate is the regular registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title plus an additional fee of seventy dollars. Any portion of the additional seventy-dollar fee not set aside by the Comptroller General to defray costs of production and distribution must be distributed to the fund established for the University of South Carolina pursuant to Section 56-3-3710(B) used for the purposes provided in that section.
     (D)      License number '1' for the '2010-11 Baseball National Champions' license plate is reserved for the University of South Carolina Head Baseball Coach." /

Amend the bill further, Section 56-1-140, as contained in SECTION 31, pages 28 and 29, by deleting Section 56-1-140 in its entirety.

Amend the bill further Section 56-3-6000, as contained in SECTION 32, page 29 and 30, by deleting Section 56-3-6000, and inserting:

/ SECTION      32.      Section 56-3-6000 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

     "Section 56-3-6000.      (A)      The department may issue a distinct and separate special license plates plate for the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marines Corps, the United States Air Force, and the United States Coast Guard for use on private passenger motor vehicles and motorcycles owned or leased by residents of this State which separately honor the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marines Corps, United States Air Force, and the United States Coast Guard. The biennial fee for the each special license plate issued for a branch of the military is the regular motor vehicle license plate fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title plus thirty dollars.
     (B)      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from the fees collected pursuant to this section, 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 license plates. The remaining funds collected from the special motor vehicle license fee must be administered by the Department of Education and deposited in an appropriate account designated by the Department of Education for distribution to the ROTC program disbursed in equal amounts to the various county Veterans' Administration offices to be used for operational expenses.
     (C)      Before the department produces and distributes a special license plate pursuant to this section, it must receive:
           (1)      four hundred prepaid applications for the special license plate or a deposit of four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate. If a deposit of four thousand dollars is made by an individual or organization pursuant to this section, the department must refund the four thousand dollars once an equivalent amount of license plate fees is collected for that organization's license plate. If the equivalent amount is not collected within four years of the first issuance of the license plate, then the department must retain the deposit.
           (2)      a plan to market the sale of the special license plate that must be approved by the department Notwithstanding another provision of law, the requirements for production, collection, and distribution of fees for these license plates are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100.
     (D)      If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular license plate, it shall not produce additional special license plates in that series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of that series until the existing inventory is exhausted.
     (E)      The special license plates must be of the same size and general design as regular motor vehicle license plates. The department shall imprint the special license plates with a distinctive emblem approved by the United States Department of Defense and United States Department of Transportation, as applicable, which distinguishes each branch of the United States Armed Services." /

Amend the bill further SECTION 33, page 30, by deleting SECTION 33 and inserting:

/ SECTION      33.       This act takes effect six months after approval by the Governor. /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.