Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4029 Primary Sponsor:J. Bailey Committee Number:21 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Motor vehicle inspections Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Computer Document Number:JIC/5770.HC Introduced Date:May 28, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:May 28, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:J. Bailey Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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4029 House May 28, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 21
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-5-5350 AND 56-5-5360, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ANNUAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS, OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATIONS, AND THE APPLICABLE FEES, SO AS TO REQUIRE BIENNIAL RATHER THAN ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM INSPECTION FEE FROM TWO AND ONE-HALF DOLLARS TO NINE DOLLARS AND TO INCREASE THE INSPECTION STICKER FEE FROM FIFTY CENTS TO ONE DOLLAR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-5-5350(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(a) Effective on and after January 1, 1969, the The South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation shall require that every vehicle registered in this State, except house trailers, shall to be inspected at least once a year every two years and have displayed display at all times a South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation-approved certificate of inspection and approval in a practical location specified by the department. No person shall may drive or move on any highway any a vehicle, except a house trailers trailer, unless there shall be is in effect and properly displayed thereon on it a current certificate of inspection."
SECTION 2. Section 56-5-5360(d) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(d) Official inspection stations may charge a fee of not more than two nine dollars and fifty cents for each inspection and fifty cents one dollar for the issuance of inspection certificates. Provided, that if any If a vehicle does not pass inspection at any a station and is taken to another place to have such the defect corrected, the fee shall may not be charged again provided if the motor vehicle is taken to the station which originally made the inspection. Inspection forms shall must be prepared by the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation and furnished to inspection stations at a cost of fifty cents one dollar each."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect on the first day of the sixth month following approval by the Governor.