H 3495 General Bill, By R.L. Altman
 A Bill to amend Section 56-3-376, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to registration of motor vehicles on a monthly basis, so as to change
 registration and licensing dates of certain motor vehicles.

   02/12/91  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   02/12/91  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-9
   05/07/91  House  Tabled in committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-376, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON A MONTHLY BASIS, SO AS TO CHANGE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING DATES OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-376 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-376. All vehicles except those vehicles designated in Section Sections 56-3-375 of the 1976 Code and in Section 56-3-780 of the 1976 Code are designated as distinct classifications and shall must be assigned an annual registration period as follows:

Classification (1). Vehicles for which the annual registration fee is forty-three eighty dollars or more. The department may register and license any a vehicle for which the annual registration fee is forty-three eighty dollars or more for a semiannual or one-half year beginning on January April first and ending on June September thirtieth of the same year upon application to the department by the owner and the payment of one-half of the specified annual fee. The license and registration fee for vehicles in this classification which are registered for the remaining eleven months or less of the twelve-month license year ending on December March thirty-first or the remaining five months or less for the one-half period ending on June September thirtieth shall be is the proportionate part of the specified annual fee for the remainder of the year or one-half year based on one-twelfth of the specified twelve-month fee for every each month or part of a month remaining in such the registration and license year or one-half year. Semiannual or half-year registrations and licenses for the first period from January April first to June September thirtieth shall expire at midnight on June September thirtieth of the same year and no person shall drive, move, or operate a vehicle upon a highway after the expiration of such the registration and license until the vehicle is registered and licensed for the then current period. Trucks, truck tractors, or road tractors having a load capacity of not more than one ton with an empty or unloaded weight of over four thousand pounds and trucks, truck tractors, or road tractors with a load capacity of not more than two tons and with an empty or unloaded weight of over four thousand pounds shall also must be placed in this classification but may not be registered for less than a full annual period. For the initial registration after the effective date of Sections 56-3-375 through 56-3-378, the department shall require a thirteen-month fee for vehicles of this classification which are reregistered for the twelve-month period and shall require a seven-month fee for those vehicles which are reregistered for the one-half year since such fees are required for the one-month fee which will be remaining in the 1978 calendar year and the respective twelve-month or six-month fee for the subsequent twelve or six-month period.

Classification (2). Other vehicles. All other vehicles except those vehicles described in Section 56-3-375 and classification (1) of this section are assigned an annual registration which shall begin begins on December first of each year and expire expires on November thirtieth of the next year except those vehicles defined in Section 56-3-700 of the 1976 Code shall begin whose registration begins on January April first of each year and expire expires on December March thirty-first of each year."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.