Bill 35

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    35
Primary Sponsor:                Rose
Committee Number:               11
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Voter registration, driver license
                                renewal
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Judiciary
Computer Document Number:       35
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Rose
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 35    Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       11
                             time, referred to Committee
 35    Senate  Sep 10, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           11
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 7, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-5-156 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY VOTER REGISTRATION WHEN A PERSON APPLIES FOR OR RENEWS HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETURN OF THE FORMS TO A COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATION.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 5, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 7-5-156. The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation shall design its applications for a driver's license or special identification card, or for their renewal, so that these forms also may serve to register voters. The forms must contain spaces for the information required in Section 7-5-170, any other information required by law to register voters, and must be approved by the State Election Commission. At the time of the application, the department must ask each applicant whether he is registered to vote at his current address and, if not, give the applicant an opportunity to register to vote at that time using the forms described above. Each week, the department must send all voter registration information collected the preceding week to the board of registration of the county in which each applicant maintains a residence in accordance with the mail-in procedure described in Section 7-5-155. This section shall be referred to generally as the 'Motor Voter Law'."

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