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S. 928
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators McConnell and Ford
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Introduced in the Senate on June 2, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: World War II Veterans special license plates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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6/2/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-15
6/2/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-15
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-8800, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF WORLD WAR II VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MUST RECEIVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PREPAID APPLICATIONS FOR THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE OR A DEPOSIT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION SEEKING ISSUANCE OF THIS LICENSE PLATE AND A PLAN TO MARKET THE SALE OF THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE BEFORE IT PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE, AND THE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT NOT TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL LICENSE PLATES IN THIS SERIES IF IT RECEIVES LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED BIENNIAL APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS OF THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-8800 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 104 of 2001, is amended to read:
"Section 56-3-8800. (A) The Notwithstanding another provision of law, the department may issue special motor vehicle license plates to World War II veterans or their spouses for private motor vehicles registered in their names. The fee for the issuance of this special motor vehicle license plate is twenty dollars biennially, which must be distributed to the State Department of Education and used to support and promote ROTC programs in the state's public schools. This twenty dollar fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title.
(B) Before the department produces and distributes a special license plate pursuant to this section, it must receive:
(1) four hundred prepaid applications for the special license plate or a deposit of four thousand dollars from the individual or organization seeking issuance of the license plate. If a deposit of four thousand dollars is made by an individual or organization pursuant to this section, the department must refund the four thousand dollars once an equivalent amount of license plate fees is collected for that organization's license plate. If the equivalent amount is not collected within four years of the first issuance of the license plate, then the department must retain the deposit.
(2) a plan to market the sale of the special license plate that must be approved by the department.
(C) If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular license plate, it shall not produce additional special license plates in that series. 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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