South Carolina General Assembly
114th Session, 2001-2002

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Bill 597

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AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

January 23, 2002

    S. 597

Introduced by Senators Wilson, Grooms and Branton

S. Printed 1/23/02--S.

Read the first time April 18, 2001.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8000 OF THE 1976 CODE TO PROVIDE THAT PRIVATE-PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES OR LIGHT PICKUPS HAVING AN EMPTY WEIGHT OF SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS OR LESS MAY OBTAIN A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND AN ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS OBTAINED CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(8) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE MAY OBTAIN A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

    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 seven 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.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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