S 0725 General Bill, By McConnell, Courson, Ford, Passailaigue and Ravenel
 A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 78 SO
 AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSE PLATES ON BEHALF OF THE H.L. HUNLEY
 SUBMARINE.

   05/01/97  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-3
   05/01/97  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-3
   05/14/97  Senate Recalled from Committee on Transportation SJ-5
   05/15/97  Senate Read second time SJ-18
   05/15/97  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day SJ-18
   05/16/97  Senate Read third time and sent to House SJ-3
   05/20/97  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   05/20/97  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-9

May 14, 1997

S. 725

Introduced by Senators McConnell, Passailaigue, Courson, Ravenel and Ford

S. Printed 5/14/97--S.

Read the first time May 1, 1997.

TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 78 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSE PLATES ON BEHALF OF THE H.L. HUNLEY SUBMARINE.

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 78

Section 56-3-7910. (A) The department may issue special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles or light pickups having an empty weight of five thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of eight thousand pounds or less registered in their names which may have imprinted on the plate an emblem, a seal, logo, or other symbol of the H.L. Hunley submarine. The Hunley Commission shall submit to the department for its approval the emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol it desires to be used for this special license plate. The Hunley Commission may request a change in the emblem, seal, logo, or other symbol not more than once every five years. The fee for this special license plate is one hundred dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. The special license plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued.

(B) The fees collected pursuant to this section must be distributed to the Fund to Save the Hunley created by the Hunley Commission or another nonprofit fund designated by the commission for the continued curation of the Hunley submarine. Any such fund must be administered by the Hunley Commission and may be used only for efforts to raise, restore, and preserve the Hunley submarine. Any funds collected must be deposited in an appropriate nonprofit account designated by the Hunley Commission. The distribution shall be based on the total number of special license plates sold as follows:

(1) one thousand or less total special license plates sold: fifty-two dollars to the department and forty-eight dollars to the Hunley Commission for each special license plate sold;

(2) more than one thousand and less than two thousand total special license plates sold: forty-two dollars to the department and fifty-eight dollars to the Hunley Commission for each special license plate sold;

(3) two thousand or more total special license plates sold: thirty dollars to the department and seventy dollars to the Hunley Commission for each special license plate sold.

(C) The department shall reserve the first twelve license plates for use by the Hunley Commission."

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