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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4485 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20000127 Primary Sponsor:Battle All Sponsors:Battle, J. Brown, Inabinett, Kennedy, Martin, Miller and Stille Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9151htc00.doc Companion Bill Number:1136 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Education and Public Works Committee 21 HEPW Subject:Motor vehicle titles, assignment of; provisions when repairs exceed two thousand dollars History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 20000127 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 56-19-290, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE INFORMATION REQUIRED ON MOTOR VEHICLE TITLES, SO AS TO PROHIBIT AN ASSIGNMENT OF A TITLE UNLESS THE ASSIGNOR CERTIFIES UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY HIS KNOWLEDGE OF STRUCTURAL REPAIRS EXCEEDING TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN VALUE DONE ON THE VEHICLE AND TO DEFINE "STRUCTURAL REPAIRS".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-19-290(6) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(6) A block which must be completed before the title may be assigned containing substantially the following:
'Under penalty of perjury, I certify that to my knowledge structural repairs exceeding two thousand dollars in value have ____ have not ____ (check one) been done to this vehicle. For purposes of this certification, structural repair is repair or replacement of any part or parts of a vehicle's unitized frame or suspension.
(7) Any other data the department prescribes."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect January 1, 2001, and applies for motor vehicle titles issued after December 31, 2000.
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