S*236 Session 109 (1991-1992)
S*0236(Rat #0160, Act #0096 of 1991) General Bill, By M.T. Rose and
C.T. Hinson
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Article 43
to Chapter 3, Title 56, so as to provide for special license plates for
retired members of the United States Armed Forces and to provide a penalty for
violations.-amended title
10/08/90 Senate Prefiled
10/08/90 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/08/91 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-87
01/08/91 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-87
02/05/91 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-20
02/06/91 Senate Amended SJ-17
02/06/91 Senate Read second time SJ-17
02/06/91 Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of
amendments SJ-17
02/07/91 Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-12
02/12/91 House Introduced and read first time HJ-10
02/12/91 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works HJ-10
05/08/91 House Committee report: Favorable Education and Public
Works HJ-11
05/16/91 House Read second time HJ-11
05/21/91 House Read third time and enrolled HJ-143
05/27/91 Ratified R 160
05/27/91 Signed By Governor
05/27/91 Effective date 05/27/91
05/27/91 Act No. 96
06/28/91 Copies available
(A96, R160, S236)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 43 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE
56 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR
RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Special license plates authorized; fee; penalty
SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by
adding:
"Article 43
Special License Plates - Retired Members
of the United States Armed Forces
Section 56-3-4310. (A) The Department of Highways and Public
Transportation shall issue a special motor vehicle license plate to any
retired member of the United States Armed Forces who is a resident of this
State in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(B) The annual fee for the special license plate is the regular motor
vehicle registration fee plus the personalized license plate fee provided by
Section 56-3-2020, and only one plate may be issued to any person for each
vehicle owned by that person, up to a maximum of two vehicles. The
revenue from the issuance of plates under this article must be deposited in
the manner provided under Section 56-3-2020. The department shall issue
the license plate or the revalidation sticker upon receipt of an application
made under oath and in the form required by the department.
(C) Any person is authorized to use the special license plates provided
by this section if he provides evidence that he is a retired member of the
United States Armed Forces.
Section 56-3-4320. The special license plate must be of the same size
and general design as regular motor vehicle license plates. The department
shall imprint the special license plates with the words `U.S. Armed Forces,
Retired'.
Section 56-3-4330. A license plate issued pursuant to this article may
be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned by the
same person upon application being made and approved by the department.
It is unlawful for any person to whom the plate has been issued knowingly
to permit it to be displayed on any vehicle other than the one authorized by
the department.
Section 56-3-4340. The provisions of this article do not affect the
registration and licensing of motor vehicles as required by other provisions
of this chapter but are cumulative to those other provisions. Any person
violating the provisions of this article or any person who: (1) fraudulently
gives false or fictitious information in any application for a special license
plate, as authorized in this article, (2) conceals a material fact, or (3)
otherwise commits fraud in the application for or in the use of a special
license plate issued under the provisions of this article is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more
than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty
days."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 27th day of May, 1991. |