BIL:4383
RTN:467
ACN:352
TYP:General Bill GB
INB:House
IND:20020108
PSP:Limehouse
SPO:Limehouse, Altman, Campsen, Chellis, Harvin, J.R.Smith, Snow, Whatley, Taylor, Rodgers, Barfield
DDN:l:\council\bills\skb\18683cm02.doc
DPB:20020605
LAD:20020306
GOV:S
DGA:20020719
SUB:Artificial Reef special license plates issued
HST:
BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved
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------20020731Act No. A352
------20020719Signed by Governor
------20020606Ratified R467
Senate20020605Read third time, enrolled for
ratification
Senate20020604Read second time
Senate20020530Recalled from Committee,15 ST
placed on the Calendar
Senate20020312Introduced, read first time,15 ST
referred to Committee
House20020307Read third time, sent to Senate
House20020306Amended, read second time
House20020305Committee report: Favorable with21 HEPW
amendment
House20020115Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.Barfield
House20020108Introduced, read first time,21 HEPW
referred to Committee
House20011205Prefiled, referred to Committee21 HEPW
Versions of This Bill
Revised on 20020305
Revised on 20020306
Revised on 20020530
TXT:
(A352, R467, H4383)
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 62 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ARTIFICIAL REEF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROCEEDS OBTAINED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE LICENSE PLATES WOULD BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ARTIFICIAL REEFS ALONG THE STATE’S COASTLINE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 5638100, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION GUIDELINES FOR SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PORTION OF THE FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES MUST BE USED TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF PRODUCING AND ADMINISTERING THE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Artificial Reef special license plate
SECTION1.Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
“Article 62
Artificial Reef Special License Plates
Section 5637300.(A)The department may issue ‘Artificial Reef’ special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passengercarrying motor vehicles or light pickups having an empty weight of seven thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of nine thousand pounds or less registered in their names. The special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twentyfour months from the month it is issued. The fee for this special license plate is the regular motor vehicle license fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title and a special motor vehicle license fee of fifty dollars.
(B)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from the fees collected pursuant to this section, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the department to defray the expenses of the Motor Vehicle Division in producing and administering the special license plates. The remaining funds collected from the special motor vehicle license fee must be deposited in a special account, separate and apart from the general fund, established within and administered by the Department of Natural Resources to support artificial reef development, maintenance, and management.
(C)Before the department produces and distributes a plate authorized under this section, it must receive:
(1)four hundred or more 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; and
(2)a plan to market the sale of the special license plate that must be approved by the department.
(D)If the department receives less than three hundred biennial applications and renewals for a particular special license plate authorized under this section, 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.”
Special license plate fees
SECTION2.Section 5638100 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1999, is amended by adding at the end:
“(D)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the fees collected for the special license plate, the Comptroller General shall place sufficient funds into a special restricted account to be used by the Department of Public Safety to defray the expenses of the Motor Vehicle Division in producing and administering the special plate.”
Time effective
SECTION3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 6th day of June, 2002.
Approved the 19th day of July, 2002.
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