S 1189 General Bill, By Martin
 A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 75
 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 MAY ISSUE KOREAN WAR VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

   02/28/06  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-9
   02/28/06  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-9
   04/05/06  Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-19
   04/06/06  Senate Read second time SJ-12
   04/11/06  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-24
   04/13/06  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   04/13/06  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-14

COMMITTEE REPORT

April 5, 2006

S. 1189

S. Printed 4/5/06--S.

Read the first time February 28, 2006.

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1189) to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Article 75 to Chapter 3, Title 56 so as to provide that the Department of Motor Vehicles may issue, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

W. GREG RYBERG for Committee.

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 75 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE KOREAN WAR VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

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

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

"Article 75

Section 56-3-7800.    (A)    The department may issue 'Korean War Veterans' special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles or light pick-up trucks having an empty weight of seven thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of nine thousand pounds or less registered in their names who are Korean War Veterans who served on active duty in Korea at anytime during the Korean War. The motor vehicle owner must present the department with a DD214, or other official documentation that states that he served on active duty in Korea, along with his application for this special license plate. The special license plate may have imprinted on it an emblem, a seal, or other symbol that honors Korean War Veterans. 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 the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title and a special motor vehicle license fee of twenty dollars.

(B)    Notwithstanding another provision of law, from 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 the special license plates. The remaining funds collected from the special motor vehicle license fee must be placed in the state's general fund.

(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 a deposit of four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate. If a deposit of four thousand dollars is made by an individual or organization pursuant to this section, the department must refund the four thousand dollars once an equivalent amount of license plate fees is collected for that organization's license plate. If the equivalent amount is not collected within four years of the first issuance of the license plate, then the department must retain the deposit; 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."

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