H*4324(Rat #0313, Act #0287 of 2006)  General Bill, By Ceips, Altman, Loftis, 
Coates, Moody-Lawrence and Toole
 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 80
 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 MAY ISSUE HUNTING ISLAND STATE PARK SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND BY ADDING
 ARTICLE 98 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES. -
 ratified title

   11/16/05  House  Prefiled
   11/16/05  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
   01/10/06  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-30
   01/10/06  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-30
   03/08/06  House  Committee report: Favorable Education and Public
                     Works HJ-3
   03/09/06  House  Read second time HJ-17
   03/09/06  House  Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day HJ-18
   03/10/06  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-2
   03/14/06  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-18
   03/14/06  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-18
   04/05/06  Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-23
   04/06/06  Senate Read second time SJ-12
   04/11/06  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-27
   04/11/06  Senate Reconsider vote whereby read third time and
                     enrolled SJ-27
   04/12/06  Senate Amended
   04/12/06  Senate Read third time and returned to House with
                     amendments SJ-15
   04/20/06  House  Debate adjourned until Tuesday, April 25, 2006 HJ-71
   04/25/06  House  Senate amendment amended HJ-150
   04/25/06  House  Returned to Senate with amendments HJ-152
   05/03/06  Senate Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-11
   05/18/06         Ratified R 313
   05/23/06         Signed By Governor
   05/25/06         Copies available
   05/25/06         Effective date 5/23/06
   06/08/06         Act No. 287

(A287, R313, H4324)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 80 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE HUNTING ISLAND STATE PARK SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND BY ADDING ARTICLE 98 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

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

Hunting Island State Park Special License Plates

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 80

Section 56-3-7950.    (A)    The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue Hunting Island State Park special license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles registered in their names. The Friends of Hunting Island State Park, Inc., shall submit to the department for its approval the emblem, seal, or other symbol it desires to be used for this special license plate. The Friends of Hunting Island State Park, Inc., may request a change in the emblem, seal, or other symbol not more than once every five years. The fee for each special license plate is fifty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. Each special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued.

(B)    Of the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to defray the expenses of the department in producing and administering this special license plate. The remaining funds collected from the special motor vehicle license fee must be distributed to The Friends of Hunting Island State Park, Inc., for use on projects benefiting Hunting Island State Park.

(C)    Before the department produces and distributes the Hunting Island State Park special license plates pursuant to this section, it must receive:

(1)    four hundred or more prepaid applications for the special license plate or four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate; and

(2)    a plan to market the sale of the special license plate which must be approved by the department.

(D)    If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for this special license plate, it may not produce additional special license plates in this series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of this series until the existing inventory is exhausted."

Breast Cancer Awareness Special License Plates

SECTION    2.    Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 98

Section 56-3-9800.    (A)    The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue a special commemorative Breast Cancer Awareness motor vehicle license plate to establish a special fund to be used by the Department of Health and Environmental Control for the purpose of expanding the services provided by the Best Chance Network. The special license plates, which must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates, must be imprinted with the nationally recognized breast cancer symbol with numbers as the department may determine. The special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued. The fee for this special license plate is seventy dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee as set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title.

(B)    One-half of the seventy dollar biennial fee collected over that required by Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title must be deposited in a separate fund for the Department of Health and Environmental Control and be used solely to expand the services of the Best Chance Network. The remaining one-half of the fee must be distributed to the South Carolina chapter of the American Cancer Society.

(C)    Before the department produces and distributes a plate authorized under this section, it must receive:

(1)    four hundred or more prepaid applications for the special license plate or four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate; and

(2)    a plan to market the sale of the special license plate that must be approved by the department.

(D)    If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular special license plate authorized under this section, it shall not produce additional special license plates in that series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of that series until the existing inventory is exhausted."

Time effective

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 18th day of May, 2006.

Approved the 23rd day of May, 2006.