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General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Hembree
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Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Legion of Merit special license plates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/13/2016 Senate Prefiled
12/13/2016 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
1/10/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 103)
1/10/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 103)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 140, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE LEGION OF MERIT 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 56-3-14010. (A) The department may issue a 'Legion of Merit' special motor vehicle license plate for use on a private passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle registered in a person's name in this State who is a recipient of the Legion of Merit award. An application for this special motor vehicle license plate must include official documentation showing the applicant is a recipient of the Legion of Merit award.
(B) The requirements for production and distribution of the plate are those set forth in Section 56-3-8100. The department shall imprint on the special license plates 'Legion of Merit' and the corresponding Legion of Merit medal.
(C) A license plate issued pursuant to this article may be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned by the same person upon application being made and approved by the department. It is unlawful for a person to whom the plate has been issued to knowingly permit it to be displayed on any vehicle except the one authorized by the department.
(D) The provisions of this article do not affect the registration and licensing of motor vehicles as required by other provisions of this chapter but are cumulative to those other provisions. A person violating the provisions of this article or a person who (1) fraudulently gives false or fictitious information in any application for a special license plate, as authorized in this article, (2) conceals a material fact, or (3) otherwise commits fraud in the application or in the use of a special license plate issued is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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