S*1212(Rat #0306, Act #0278 of 2000)  General Bill, By J.V. Smith
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-2332, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF THE STANDARD LICENSE PLATE TO A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER
 FOR VEHICLES USED IN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS, TESTING, OR PROMOTIONAL
 PURPOSES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE FROM SIX HUNDRED
 NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FORTY-SIX CENTS TO EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS.

   03/02/00  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-5
   03/02/00  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-5
   03/07/00  Senate Recalled from Committee on Transportation SJ-2
   03/08/00  Senate Read second time SJ-13
   03/09/00  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-22
   03/13/00  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   03/13/00  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-9
   04/19/00  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education and Public Works HJ-18
   04/26/00  House  Requests for debate-Rep(s). Fleming HJ-87
   04/26/00  House  Read second time HJ-88
   04/27/00  House  Read third time and enrolled HJ-13
   05/16/00         Ratified R 306
   05/19/00         Signed By Governor
   06/12/00         Effective date 01/01/01
   06/12/00         Copies available
   06/12/00         Act No. 278

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-2332, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF THE STANDARD LICENSE PLATE TO A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER FOR VEHICLES USED IN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS, TESTING, OR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE FROM SIX HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FORTY-SIX CENTS TO EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS.

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

Fee increased

SECTION 1. Section 56-3-2332(B) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 155 of 1997, is amended to read:

"(B) The annual registration fee for this plate is eight hundred eighty dollars.

(1) The plates issued in connection with an employee benefit program may be used only on vehicles provided for the applicant's employees. In the application, the manufacturer shall notify the department in which county the employee assigned the vehicle resides. Twenty dollars of the fee must be credited to the general fund of the State and eight hundred sixty dollars must be remitted to the county noted on the application. Amounts received by a county pursuant to this subsection must be credited to the accounts of taxing entities in the county as if it were a county property tax and are instead of state sales or use taxes. If the employee resides outside this State, the fee must be credited pro rata to all other counties due amounts under this section. The names and addresses of the employees are not required to be submitted to the department, but the department may require the documentation it determines necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.

(2) The plates issued in connection with testing, distribution, evaluation, and promotion, not to exceed fifty plates, may be used only for those purposes. Twenty dollars of the fee must be credited to the general fund of the State and eight hundred sixty dollars must be remitted to the county in which the principal facility of the manufacturer is located. Amounts received by a county pursuant to this subsection must be credited to the accounts of taxing entities in the county as if it were a county property tax and are instead of state sales or use taxes. The department may require the documentation it determines necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this subsection."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2001.

Ratified the 16th day of May, 2000.

Approved the 19th day of May, 2000.