Current Status Bill Number:3663 Ratification Number:472 Act Number:385 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19950223 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh All Sponsors:Kirsh Drafted Document Number:GJK\21468CM.95 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19960529 Date of Last Amendment:19960529 Governor's Action:U Became law without signature of Governor Date of Governor's Action:19960606 Subject:Antique license plate
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19960613 Act No. A385 ------ 19960606 Unsigned, became law without signature of Governor ------ 19960530 Ratified R472 Senate 19960529 Ordered enrolled for ratification Senate 19960529 Conference Committee Report adopted 88 SCC House 19960528 Conference Committee Report adopted 98 HCC Senate 19950601 Conference powers granted, 88 SCC Giese appointed Senators to Committee Patterson of Conference Reese House 19950601 Conference powers granted, 98 HCC Kirsh appointed Reps. to Committee of Simrill Conference Cooper House 19950601 Insists upon amendment Senate 19950601 Non-concurrence in House amendment House 19950601 Senate amendments amended, returned to Senate with amendment Senate 19950601 Read third time, returned to House with amendment Senate 19950531 Amended, read second time, ordered to third reading with notice of general amendments Senate 19950530 Recalled from Committee, 15 ST placed on the Calendar Senate 19950323 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST referred to Committee House 19950323 Read third time, sent to Senate House 19950322 Read second time House 19950316 Recalled from Committee 21 HEPW House 19950223 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A385, R472, H3663)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-3-2345 SO AS TO CREATE AN ANTIQUE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LICENSE PLATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Antique dealer license plate
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-3-2345. (A) Upon application being made and the required fee being paid to the department, the department may issue antique dealer license plates to a licensed motor vehicle dealer. The license plates, notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, may be used exclusively on antique motor vehicles owned by, assigned, or loaned for test driving purposes to the dealer when operated on the highways of this State by the dealer, its corporate officers, its employees, or a prospective purchaser of the antique motor vehicle. The use by a prospective purchaser is limited to seven days, and the dealer shall provide the prospective purchaser with a dated demonstration certificate. The certificate must be approved by the department. Antique dealer plates must not be used to operate wreckers or service vehicles in use by the dealer nor to operate vehicles owned by the dealer that are leased or rented by the public. No antique dealer plates may be issued by the department unless the dealer furnishes proof in a form acceptable to the department that he has a retail business license as required by Chapter 36 of Title 12 and has made at least five sales of antique motor vehicles in the twelve months preceding his application for a dealer plate. The sales requirement may be waived by the department if the dealer has been licensed for less than one year. For purposes of this section, the transfer of ownership of an antique motor vehicle between the same individual or corporation more than one time is considered as only one sale. Multiple transfer of antique motor vehicles between licensed dealers for the purpose of meeting eligibility requirements for antique motor vehicle dealer plates is prohibited.
(B) For good cause shown, the department may issue extra plates. If a dealer has been licensed less than one year, the department shall issue a number of license plates based on an estimated number of sales for the coming year. The department may increase or decrease the number of plates issued based on actual sales made.
(C) The cost of each plate is twenty dollars.
(D) For purposes of this section, `antique motor vehicle' means a motor vehicle which is over thirty years old."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Became law without the signature of the Governor -- 6/5/96.