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H. 3296
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Willis, Hamilton and G.R. Smith
Document Path: l:\council\bills\gt\5175cm17.docx
Introduced in the House on January 10, 2017
Introduced in the Senate on February 7, 2017
Last Amended on February 1, 2017
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Virginia Tech special license plates
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/15/2016 House Prefiled
12/15/2016 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
1/10/2017 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 151)
1/10/2017 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
(House Journal-page 151)
1/26/2017 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and
Public Works (House Journal-page 4)
2/1/2017 House Amended (House Journal-page 36)
2/1/2017 House Read second time (House Journal-page 36)
2/1/2017 House Roll call Yeas-97 Nays-1 (House Journal-page 36)
2/2/2017 House Read third time and sent to Senate
(House Journal-page 25)
2/7/2017 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 12)
2/7/2017 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 12)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
AMENDED
February 1, 2017
H. 3296
S. Printed 2/1/17--H.
Read the first time January 10, 2017.
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 140 TO CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ISSUE VIRGINIA TECH SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
Amend Title To Conform
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 of Motor Vehicles may issue 'Virginia Tech' special license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630, and motorcycles as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their names. The fee for each special license plate is seventy dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3. Each license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued.
(B) The fees collected in excess of the cost of producing the license plates must be distributed to the South Carolina Palmetto Chapter of Virginia Tech.
(C) The guidelines for the production, collection, and distribution of fees for a special license plate under this section must meet the requirements of Section 56-3-8100."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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