South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 777

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Moore and Reese
Document Path: l:\s-resmin\bills\moore\smin0045.tlm.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2004
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Veterans, license plates, branches of the Armed Services

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2003  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
   1/13/2004  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-19
   1/13/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-19

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2003

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS, 1976 BY ADDING ARTICLE 41 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES HONORING EACH VETERAN OF THE ARMED SERVICES OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGN OF THE PLATES AND THE FEE TO BE CHARGED.

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:

"ARTICLE 41

Veterans of the United States Armed Services Special License Plates

Section 56-3-4100.    (A)    The department may issue special license plates for use on a private passenger motor vehicle owned or leased by residents of this State which separately honor veterans of the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marines Corps, United States Air Force, and the United States Coast Guard for a private passenger motor vehicle registered in their respective names. This license plate may not be issued to those veterans who have been dishonorably discharged from one of the Armed Services. The fee for this special license plate is the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5 and the special fee required by Section 56-3-2020. Only one plate may be issued to a person.

(B)    The special license plates must be of the same size and general design as regular motor vehicle license plates. The department shall imprint the special license plates with the words "United States Military Veteran" or an abbreviation selected by the department, with numbers the department may determine.

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

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

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