South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 4783

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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4783
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020221
Primary Sponsor:                  Sharpe
All Sponsors:                     Sharpe
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\skb\18232zcw02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Unpaid motor vehicle property taxes, 
                                  county treasurer to report to Department of 
                                  Public Safety; registration application to be 
                                  denied


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020221  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-250, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE STATEMENT CERTIFYING PAYMENT OF COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL TAXES IN ORDER TO REGISTER AND LICENSE A MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO REQUIRE A COUNTY TREASURER TO CERTIFY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHEN PROPERTY TAXES ARE UNPAID ON A VEHICLE THAT HAS A PENDING REGISTRATION APPLICATION AND TO PROVIDE FURTHER THAT THE APPLICATION BE DENIED.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-250 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to read:

    "Section 56-3-250.    No vehicle shall be registered and licensed by the department unless a signed statement accompanies the application certifying that all county and municipal taxes legally due by the applicant on the vehicle concerned have been paid and if such vehicle is legally subject to being returned by the applicant for county and municipal taxes such return has been made; that the applicant is not delinquent in the payment of any motor vehicle taxes in this State, and that the address and county shown on the application for license is the true legal residence of the applicant. A transfer between members of the same family shall not, for the purpose of this section, be considered a bona fide purchase. Any person falsely certifying as required in this section shall have his driver's license suspended for a period of six months. if the county treasurer certifies that the treasurer's records disclose that property taxes due and payable by the applicant to the treasurer on any motor vehicle have not been paid. The certification must be in the form prescribed by the department.

    The provisions of this section shall not apply to any citizen of this State on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States when the vehicle to be registered and licensed is operated for more than six months each year outside the boundaries of this State, nor to any motor vehicle subject to assessment for ad valorem tax purposes by the State Tax Commission."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect July 1, 2002.

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