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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4519 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20020116 Primary Sponsor:Easterday All Sponsors:Easterday, Campsen Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\ggs\22243cm02.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Transportation Committee 15 ST Date of Last Amendment:20020307 Subject:Motor vehicle license plates, issuance of special to nonprofit organizations certified under 501(C)(8) of Internal Revenue Code History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20020312 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST referred to Committee ------ 20020308 Scrivener's error corrected House 20020308 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20020307 Amended, read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, 20020308 House 20020306 Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep. Campsen House 20020305 Committee report: Favorable with 21 HEPW amendment House 20020116 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on March 5, 2002 - Word format Revised on March 7, 2002 - Word format Revised on March 8, 2002 - Word format
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March 7, 2002
H. 4519
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Read the first time January 16, 2002.
TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8000, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE WHICH HAS IMPRINTED ON IT THE EMBLEM, SEAL, OR ANOTHER SYMBOL OF AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS OBTAINED CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(C)(8) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-8000(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 286 of 2000, is further amended to read:
"(A) The department may issue special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles or light pickups having an empty weight of six thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of nine thousand pounds or less registered in their names which may have imprinted on the plate the emblem, a seal, or other symbol the department considers appropriate of an organization which has obtained certification pursuant to either Section 501(C)(3), or 501(C)(7), or 501(C)(8) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code. The fee for this special license plate is the fee contained in Section 56-3-2020.
The special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued."
SECTION 2. Section 56-3-8100 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1999, is amended by adding at the end:
/ "(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the fees collected for the special license plate, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Public Safety to defray the expenses of the Motor Vehicle Division in producing and administering the special plate."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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