S*0999(Rat #0315, Act #0285 of 2014)  General Bill, By Alexander
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION
 56-1-218 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
 STATES OR CERTAIN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERFORMING
 DUTY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE EXPIRES WHILE SERVING OUTSIDE
 OF THIS STATE OR WHOSE LICENSE EXPIRES WITHIN NINETY DAYS FROM THE BEGINNING
 OF SERVICE OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE MAY APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION UPON THE
 EXPIRATION OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT LASTS UNTIL NINETY DAYS AFTER THE
 MEMBER RETURNS TO THE STATE OR THE TIME THE MEMBER IS DISCHARGED FROM THE
 ARMED FORCES, TO PROVIDE THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND TO SPECIFY TO WHOM
 EXTENSION ELIGIBILITY APPLIES. - ratified title

   02/05/14  Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 20)
   02/05/14  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 20)
   03/06/14  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Transportation (Senate Journal-page 7)
   03/11/14  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 35)
   03/11/14  Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 35)
   03/11/14  Senate Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 35)
   03/12/14  Senate Read third time and sent to House
                     (Senate Journal-page 25)
   03/18/14  House  Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 8)
   03/18/14  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 8)
   05/22/14  House  Recalled from Committee on Education and Public
                     Works (House Journal-page 23)
   05/28/14  House  Amended
   05/28/14  House  Read second time
   05/28/14  House  Roll call Yeas-100  Nays-0
   05/29/14  House  Read third time and returned to Senate with
                     amendments (House Journal-page 23)
   05/29/14  Senate Non-concurrence in House amendment
                     (Senate Journal-page 115)
   06/03/14  House  House insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed Reps. Owens, Willis, RL
                     Brown (House Journal-page 7)
   06/03/14  Senate Conference committee appointed Alexander, Grooms,
                     Pinckney (Senate Journal-page 20)
   06/04/14  Senate Conference report adopted (Senate Journal-page 78)
   06/04/14  Senate Roll call Ayes-42  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 78)
   06/05/14  House  Conference report received and adopted
                     (House Journal-page 92)
   06/05/14  House  Roll call Yeas-99  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 93)
   06/05/14  Senate Ordered enrolled for ratification
                     (Senate Journal-page 32)
   06/09/14         Ratified R 315
   06/09/14         Signed By Governor
   06/18/14         Effective date 06/09/14
   06/26/14         Act No. 285

(A285, R315, S999)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-1-218 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OR CERTAIN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERFORMING DUTY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE EXPIRES WHILE SERVING OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE OR WHOSE LICENSE EXPIRES WITHIN NINETY DAYS FROM THE BEGINNING OF SERVICE OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE MAY APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT LASTS UNTIL NINETY DAYS AFTER THE MEMBER RETURNS TO THE STATE OR THE TIME THE MEMBER IS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMED FORCES, TO PROVIDE THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND TO SPECIFY TO WHOM EXTENSION ELIGIBILITY APPLIES.

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

Driver's license extensions

SECTION    1.    Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 56-1-218.    (A)    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who is deployed or mobilized outside of this State, or receives orders for a permanent change of station outside of this State, or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense performing temporary duty outside of the State in support of the armed forces, whose license expires while serving outside of this State or whose license expires within ninety days from the beginning of service outside of this State, may apply for an extension on the expiration of the license.

(B)    The department must grant the extension if the service member, or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, provides copies of the orders that require service outside of this State and a valid military identification card, or in the case of a civilian employee, the civilian employee's Department of Defense issued identification card, or military orders supporting services outside of the State. The extension shall expire ninety days after the member is discharged from the service or returns to this State. If the orders do not specify a return date, the service member is deemed to have returned on the date that the commanding officer of the unit provides as the return date to the department. The license is deemed to expire only upon the expiration of the extension.

(C)    The provisions of this section also apply to dependents residing with the service member.

(D)    The department may prescribe forms and policies to implement the provisions of this section. The department must post the application form on its website, and the application must be able to be processed by mail or electronically."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 9th day of June, 2014.

Approved the 9th day of June, 2014.