S 1442 General Bill, By M.T. Rose
 A Bill to amend Section 56-3-251 of the 1976 Code, relating to the issuance of
 biennial license plates and revalidation decals upon payment of personal
 property taxes, so as to change the references to Department to conform to the
 Restructuring Act and provide for appropriations to fund the electronic
 notification requirements of the Section.

   05/31/94  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   05/31/94  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-7

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-251 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF BIENNIAL LICENSE PLATES AND REVALIDATION DECALS UPON PAYMENT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE REFERENCES TO DEPARTMENT TO CONFORM TO THE RESTRUCTURING ACT AND PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIATIONS TO FUND THE ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECTION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-251 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-251. (A) The Department of Highways Revenue and Public Transportation Taxation shall issue biennial license plates or revalidation decals based upon Section 56-3-253.

(B) Upon electronic notification from the county treasurer or county tax collector that personal property taxes have been paid for the second year of the biennial registration, the department shall mail to the vehicle owner a validation decal for the second year of the biennial registration period. Upon electronic notification from the county treasurer or county tax collector to the department that the taxes have not been paid on a vehicle, the department shall suspend the vehicle registration and license plate, and driver's license, if provided a driver's license number, of the vehicle owner.

(C) The State shall appropriate funds to the counties to pay for the costs of implementing the electronic notification requirements of subsection (B). The costs may not exceed one dollar for each license plate or revalidation decal issued annually by the county. Documentation of the costs must be submitted annually by the counties to the department which must be used to determine the annual appropriation to the counties.

(B)(D) All validation decals must be issued for a period not to exceed more than twelve months."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1994. However, state appropriations required to implement the amendment to Section 56-3-251 of the 1976 Code in this section must not be made until after June 30, 1995."