Current Status Bill Number:3414 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950131 Primary Sponsor:Townsend All Sponsors:Townsend, Trotter, Wofford, J. Harris, Stille, Rogers, P. Harris, Cain, Wells, Cromer, Jennings, Law, Marchbanks, Riser, Cooper, Sandifer, Huff, Davenport and McAbee Drafted Document Number:dka\3628cm.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Purple Heart recipients, license plates
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19950131 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO AMEND SECTIONS 56-3-3310 AND 56-3-3320, BOTH AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART, SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE BIENNIAL FEE FOR THE LICENSE PLATE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PLATE MUST BE PERMANENT UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE LICENSE PLATE BE ISSUED ON A BIENNIAL BASIS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-3310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 22JJ, Part II, Act 164 of 1993, and Section 1392, Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-3-3310. The department may issue a special motor vehicle license plate to a recipient of the Purple Heart. The biennial fee for the special license plate is the same as the fee provided in Section 56-3-2020 No fee must be charged for the issuance or renewal of this special license plate which must be a permanent plate unless otherwise provided by the General Assembly, and only one plate may be issued to a person. The application for a special plate must include proof the applicant is a recipient of the Purple Heart."
SECTION 2. Section 56-3-3320 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Section 22KK, Part II, Act 164 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-3-3320. The special license plates must be of the same size as regular motor vehicle license plates, upon which must be imprinted on the left side of the plates the distinctive Purple Heart insignia with numbers and designs determined by the department. The license plate must be issued for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month in which the special license plate is issued."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.