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H. 3903
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Branham
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5868cm09.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 745
Introduced in the House on April 21, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: Special license plates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4/21/2009 House Introduced and read first time HJ-16 4/21/2009 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-16
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 77 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE "I SUPPORT LIBRARIES" SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
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:
Section 56-3-7890. (A) The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue 'I Support Libraries' special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630 in their names. The fee for this special license plate is twenty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3, Title 56. This special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. This special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month it is issued.
(B) The fees collected pursuant to this section above the cost of producing the license plates must be distributed to the South Carolina Association of School Librarians or the South Carolina Library Association as designated by the license plate applicant.
(C) Before the Department of Motor Vehicles 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 shall retain the deposit; and
(2) a plan to market the sale of the special license plate, which must be approved by the department.
(D) If the department receives fewer than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for this special license plate, it may not produce additional special license plates in this series. The department shall continue to issue special license plates of this series until the existing inventory is exhausted."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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