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H. 3365
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Townsend, Altman, Gilham, J. Hines and J.M. Neal
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5093cm03.doc
Introduced in the House on January 21, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Department of Motor Vehicles
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/21/2003 House Introduced and read first time HJ-8 1/21/2003 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-8
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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-1-5 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES COMMISSION, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-10, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "DEPARTMENT".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 1, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-1-5. (A) The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is hereby established as an administrative agency of the state government.
(B) Effective July 1, 2003, all functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and authority statutorily exercised by the Motor Vehicle Division within the Department of Public Safety are transferred to and devolved upon the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(C) The department is governed by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles Commission and the Executive Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(D) The Department of Motor Vehicles Commission is composed of the following three members:
(1) the chairman appointed by the Governor;
(2) one appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(3) one appointed by the Speaker Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(E) Each commissioner shall receive compensation as may be provided by the General Assembly per annum, and official expenses provided by law for members of State boards and commissions.
(F) The Department of Motor Vehicles Commission shall select other officers as may be needed to serve terms designated by the commission. The commission shall adopt its own rules and procedures.
(G) The Executive Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be appointed by the Department of Motor Vehicles Commission to serve for a four-year term. A person appointed to this position must be a citizen of practical and successful business and executive ability. His compensation shall be determined by the commission. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.
(H) The executive director is the executive and administrative head of the Department of Motor Vehicles. He shall administer the policies defined by the department and the affairs of the department. When the commission is not in session, the Executive Director shall have and may exercise all powers that belong to the commission.
(I) The executive director may appoint assistants, deputies, and employees as he considers necessary and proper to administer the affairs of the department and may prescribe their duties, powers, and function.
(J) The department may enter into contracts with persons, corporations, or governmental subdivisions in localities throughout the State to issue motor vehicle license plates, registration cards, renewal stickers, and certificates of title. The department shall supervise the provision of services contained in this subsection and compensate each contracting party that provides these services."
SECTION 2. Section 56-1-10(4) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"(4) 'Department' means the Department of Public Safety Motor Vehicles."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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