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Bill 4411

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4411
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020108
Primary Sponsor:                  J.R. Smith
All Sponsors:                     J.R. Smith, Walker, Clyburn, McLeod
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22220cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Date of Last Amendment:           20020425
Subject:                          Motor vehicle license plates to contain 
                                  the name of the county in which vehicle is 
                                  registered


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020502  Rejected
House   20020501  Co-Sponsor removed (Rule 5.2) by Rep.          Altman
House   20020501  Debate adjourned until
                  Thursday, 20020502
House   20020430  Request for debate by Representative           Rice
                                                                 Kirsh
                                                                 Hinson
                                                                 A. Young
                                                                 Snow
                                                                 Chellis
                                                                 Lee
                                                                 Sheheen
                                                                 Moody-
                                                                 Lawrence
                                                                 Battle
                                                                 Altman
                                                                 Govan
                                                                 Davenport
House   20020430  Objection by Representative                    Merrill
House   20020425  Amended
House   20020424  Committee report: Favorable with       21 HEPW
                  amendment
House   20020116  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            McLeod
House   20020108  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
House   20011212  Prefiled, referred to Committee        21 HEPW


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Revised on April 24, 2002 - Word format
Revised on April 25, 2002 - Word format

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Amt. No. 1 (Council\ggs\amend\22520cm02)

April 25, 2002

    H. 4411

Introduced by Reps. J.R. Smith, Altman, Walker, Clyburn and McLeod

S. Printed 4/24/02--H.

Read the first time January 8, 2002.

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-1230, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE NAME OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH A VEHICLE IS REGISTERED AND PROPERTY TAXES ARE PAID TO BE PLACED ON LICENSE PLATES.

    Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-1230(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 55 of 2001, is further amended to read:

    "(A)    A license plates plate must be at least six inches wide and not less than twelve inches in length and must show in bold characters the year of registration, the serial number, the full name or the abbreviation of the name of the State, and other distinctive markings the department may consider advisable to indicate the class of the weight of the vehicle for which the license plate was issued. The plate must be of a strength and quality to provide a minimum service of five years. A new license plate including personalized and special plates must be provided by the department at intervals the department considers appropriate, but at least every six years. Beginning with the vehicle registration and license fees required by this title which are collected after July 1, 2002, two dollars of each biennial fee and one dollar of each annual fee collected from the vehicle owner must be placed by the Comptroller General in a special restricted account to be used solely by the Department of Public Safety for the costs associated with the production and issuance of new license plates. The department is not authorized to use this set aside money for any other purpose. A license plates plate issued for a vehicles vehicle in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds must be issued biennially, and no revalidation sticker may be issued for the plates plate. A license plates plate issued as permanent may be revalidated and replaced at intervals determined by the department.

    Beginning with the newly designed standard license plates issued after January 1, 2003, a standard license plate must display the name of the county in which the vehicle is registered and property tax is paid. The county treasurer's office must distribute to a person a county-name decal with his paid property tax receipt when he pays the property tax on a vehicle. The person must place the county-name decal on the standard license plate issued to him by the Department of Public Safety. The department must produce and furnish the county-name decals to the county treasurers' offices for distribution."

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

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