H*3882(Rat #0454, Act #0399 of 2006)  General Bill, By Harrell and Clark

Similar(S 1017)
 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. - ratified title

   04/07/05  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-4
   04/07/05  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-4
   01/19/06  House  Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clark
   01/26/06  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education and Public Works HJ-28
   01/31/06         Scrivener's error corrected
   02/01/06  House  Amended HJ-33
   02/01/06  House  Read second time HJ-34
   02/02/06  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-14
   02/07/06  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-11
   02/07/06  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-11
   05/08/06  Senate Recalled from Committee on Transportation SJ-47
   05/09/06  Senate Amended SJ-19
   05/11/06         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/16/06  Senate Amended SJ-31
   05/17/06  Senate Amended SJ-29
   05/17/06  Senate Read second time
   05/18/06  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-49
   05/25/06  House  Senate amendment amended HJ-38
   05/25/06  House  Returned to Senate with amendments HJ-38
   05/30/06  Senate Non-concurrence in House amendment SJ-102
   05/31/06  House  House insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed Reps. Owens, EH Pitts, and
                     Clark HJ-89
   05/31/06  Senate Conference committee appointed Fair, Hutto, and
                     Grooms SJ-113
   06/14/06  House  Conference report received and adopted HJ-157
   06/14/06  Senate Conference report adopted SJ-169
   06/14/06  Senate Ordered enrolled for ratification SJ-169
   06/14/06         Ratified R 454
   09/29/06         Signed By Governor
   10/04/06         Copies available
   10/04/06         Effective date 03/30/07
   10/09/06         Act No. 399

(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

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.