H 4029 General Bill, By J.J. Bailey
 A Bill to amend Sections 56-5-5350 and 56-5-5360, Code of Laws of South
 Carolina, 1976, relating to the annual motor vehicle inspections, official
 inspection stations, and the applicable fees, so as to require biennial rather
 than annual inspections and to increase the maximum inspection fee from two
 and one-half dollars to nine dollars and to increase the inspection sticker
 fee from fifty cents to one dollar.

   05/28/91  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-8
   05/28/91  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-8

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-5-5350 AND 56-5-5360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS, OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATIONS, AND THE APPLICABLE FEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE BIENNIAL RATHER THAN ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM INSPECTION FEE FROM TWO AND ONE-HALF DOLLARS TO NINE DOLLARS AND TO INCREASE THE INSPECTION STICKER FEE FROM FIFTY CENTS TO ONE DOLLAR.

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

SECTION 1. Section 56-5-5350(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(a) Effective on and after January 1, 1969, the The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation shall require that every vehicle registered in this State, except house trailers, shall to be inspected at least once a year every two years and have displayed display at all times a South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation-approved certificate of inspection and approval in a practical location specified by the department. No person shall may drive or move on any highway any a vehicle, except a house trailers trailer, unless there shall be is in effect and properly displayed thereon on it a current certificate of inspection."

SECTION 2. Section 56-5-5360(d) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(d) Official inspection stations may charge a fee of not more than two nine dollars and fifty cents for each inspection and fifty cents one dollar for the issuance of inspection certificates. Provided, that if any If a vehicle does not pass inspection at any a station and is taken to another place to have such the defect corrected, the fee shall may not be charged again provided if the motor vehicle is taken to the station which originally made the inspection. Inspection forms shall must be prepared by the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation and furnished to inspection stations at a cost of fifty cents one dollar each."

SECTION 3. This act takes effect on the first day of the sixth month following approval by the Governor.