H 4346 General Bill, By Barfield, Alexander, Jefferson, Lowe, Toole, Sellers, 
Brantley, Sottile, G.A. Brown, Parker, Govan, Duncan, Willis, Anthony, Cato, 
Chalk, Cobb-Hunter, Agnew, Clyburn, Miller, Frye, Simrill, Jennings, Williams, 
Harvin, Mitchell, Stringer, Sandifer, Vick, Viers, G.M. Smith, Hutto, 
Stavrinakis, Bales, Battle, Bedingfield, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, 
Crawford, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Edge, Forrester, Funderburk, Gambrell, 
Gunn, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hayes, Hearn, Hodges, Hosey, 
Howard, Huggins, Kelly, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Long, McEachern, V.S. Moss, 
J.M. Neal, Norman, Ott, M.A. Pitts, Rice, Spires, Thompson, Umphlett, Weeks, 
White and Wylie
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE
 108 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
 VEHICLES SHALL ISSUE DISABLED VETERAN SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

   01/14/10  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-554
   01/14/10  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-554
   03/25/10  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education and Public Works HJ-12
   03/30/10         Scrivener's error corrected
   04/20/10  House  Amended HJ-27
   04/20/10  House  Read second time HJ-28
   04/21/10  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-8
   04/21/10  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-6
   04/21/10  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-6

Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

AMENDED

April 20, 2010

H. 4346

Introduced by Reps. Barfield, Alexander, Jefferson, Lowe, Toole, Sellers, Brantley, Sottile, G.A. Brown, Parker, Govan, Duncan, Willis, Anthony, Cato, Chalk, Cobb-Hunter, Agnew, Clyburn, Miller, Frye, Simrill, Jennings, Williams, Harvin, Mitchell, Stringer, Sandifer, Vick, Viers, G.M. Smith, Hutto, Stavrinakis, Bales, Battle, Bedingfield, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Crawford, Daning, Delleney, Dillard, Edge, Forrester, Funderburk, Gambrell, Gunn, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Hayes, Hearn, Hodges, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Kelly, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Long, McEachern, V.S. Moss, J.M. Neal, Norman, Ott, M.A. Pitts, Rice, Spires, Thompson, Umphlett, Weeks, White and Wylie

S. Printed 4/20/10--H.

Read the first time January 14, 2010.

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 108 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL ISSUE DISABLED VETERAN SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-10410 of the 1976 Code as added by Act 297 is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-10410.    (A)    The department may issue a 'Veteran' special motor vehicle license plate for use on a private passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle registered in a person's name in this State who served in the United States Armed Forces, active or reserve components, and who was honorably discharged from service. An application for this special motor vehicle license plate must include official military documentation showing the applicant was honorably discharged from service. Only two plates may be issued to a person.

(B)    The requirements for production and distribution of the plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. The biennial fee for this plate is the regular registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall imprint the special license plates with the word 'Veteran', with numbers the department may determine.

(C)    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 being approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles. It is unlawful for a person to whom the plate has been issued to knowingly permit it to be displayed on any vehicle except the one authorized by the department.

(D)    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. A person violating the provisions of this article or a 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 or in the use of a special license plate issued is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.

(E)    If a person who qualifies for the special license plate issued under this section also meets all requirements for the handicapped license plate issued pursuant to Section 56-3-1910 (B), then the license plate issued pursuant to this section shall also include the distinguishing wheelchair symbol used on license plates issued pursuant to Section 56-3-1910(B).

(F)    If a person who qualifies for a special license plate issued under this section also is certified by the Veteran's Administration or County Veteran Affairs office with a service related disability, then the license plate issued under this section shall also include the word 'disabled'."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect six months after approval by the Governor.