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Bill 4425

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4425
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020108
Primary Sponsor:                  Sharpe
All Sponsors:                     Sharpe, Altman, Simrill, Barrett
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22216cm02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Second Amendment license plates issued 
                                  for firearms enthusiasts


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020117  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            Barrett
House   20020108  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
House   20011219  Prefiled, referred to Committee        21 HEPW


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 80 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF "SECOND AMENDMENT" SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES COLLECTED FOR THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE.

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

SECTION    1.    Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    Section 56-3-7950.    (A)    The Department of Public Safety may issue special 'Second Amendment' motor vehicle license plates to firearms enthusiasts for private motor vehicles registered in their names. The fee for this special license plate is the special fee required by Section 56-3-2020 which must be deposited with the department. The license plates must be of the same size as a regular motor vehicle license plate, but must be of a distinctive design and bear the words 'Second Amendment the Cornerstone of Freedom'.

    (B)    Before the Department of Public Safety produces and distributes a special license plate pursuant to this section, it must receive:

        (1)    four hundred prepaid applications for the special license plate or a deposit of four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate. If a deposit of four thousand dollars is made by an individual or organization pursuant to this section, the department shall refund the four thousand dollars once an equivalent amount of license plate fees is collected for that organization's license plate. If the equivalent amount is not collected within four years of the first issuance of the license plate, then the department shall retain the deposit; and

        (2)    a plan to market the sale of the special license plate which must be approved by the department.

    (C)    If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for the special license plate, it shall not produce additional special license plates in this series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of this series until the existing inventory is exhausted."

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

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