BIL: 4340
RTN: 315
ACN: 286
TYP: General Bill GB
INB: House
IND: 20000111
PSP: Breeland
SPO: Breeland, Whipper
DDN: l:\council\bills\ggs\22437cm00.doc
DPB: 20000509
LAD: 20000504
GOV: S
DGA: 20000519
SUB: Motor vehicle license plate, charitable or nonprofit organization; recreation or social club; Law Enforcement, permanent
HST:
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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------20000606 Act No. A286
------20000519 Signed by Governor
------20000516 Ratified R315
House 20000509 Ordered enrolled for ratification
Senate 20000504 Free Conference Committee Report 89 SFCC
adopted
Senate 20000504 Free Conference Powers granted, 89 SFCC Land
appointed Senators to Committee Wilson
of Free Conference Anderson
House 20000503 Free Conference Committee Report 99 HFCC
adopted
House 20000503 Free Conference Powers granted, 99 HFCC Townsend
appointed Reps. to Committee of Miller
Free Conference Stuart
House 20000419 Conference powers granted, 98 HCC Townsend
appointed Reps. to Committee of Miller
Conference Stuart
Senate 20000419 Conference powers granted, 88 SCC Land
appointed Senators to Committee Wilson
of Conference Anderson
Senate 20000419 Insists upon amendment
House 20000329 Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
------20000324 Scrivener's error corrected
Senate 20000322 Amended, read third time,
returned to House with amendment
Senate 20000321 Read second time, notice of
general amendments
Senate 20000316 Committee report: Favorable 15 ST
Senate 20000203 Introduced, read first time, 15 ST
referred to Committee
House 20000203 Read third time, sent to Senate
House 20000202 Read second time
House 20000127 Committee report: Favorable 21 HEPW
House 20000111 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW
referred to Committee
House 19991208 Prefiled, referred to Committee 21 HEPW
Versions of This Bill
Revised on 20000127
Revised on 20000316
Revised on 20000322
Revised on 20000324
Revised on 20000504
TXT:
(A286, R315, H4340)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5638000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THESE LICENSE PLATES MAY ALSO BE ISSUED TO SOCIAL AND RECREATION CLUBS THAT HAVE OBTAINED CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 501(C)(7) OF THE FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-780, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF PERMANENT LICENSE PLATES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATED BY THE STATE, ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, AND THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, AND THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THESE LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A PERMANENT LICENSE PLATE TO VEHICLES USED BY STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR A FEE OF TWO DOLLARS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A DECAL TO DESIGNATE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ISSUED THE DECAL AND CHARGE A FEE TO COVER THE COST OF THE DECAL.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Nonprofit organization special license plates
SECTION 1. Section 5638000(A) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 63 of 1999, is amended to read:
“(A) The department may issue special motor vehicle license plates to owners of private passengercarrying motor vehicles or light pickups having an empty weight of six thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of nine thousand pounds or less registered in their names which may have imprinted on the plate the emblem, a seal, or other symbol the department considers appropriate of an organization which has obtained certification pursuant to either Section 501(C)(3) or 501(C)(7) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code. The fee for this special license plate is the fee contained in Section 5632020.
The special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twentyfour months from the month it is issued.”
State and local law enforcement, vehicle permanent license plates
SECTION 2. Section 563780 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
“Section 563780. (A) Permanent license plates must be issued by the department for all motor vehicles operated by the State or its political subdivisions. The license fee, including registration, is two dollars. Permanent plates must bear the words ‘South Carolina’, the number, and a prefix ‘SG’, ‘RG’, ‘CG’, or ‘MG’ to designate respectively state government, regional government, county government, or municipal government. The department may issue a permanent license plate to vehicles used by state or local law enforcement agencies. The fee for the permanent plate is two dollars. A decal may be issued to designate the law enforcement agency. The department may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of the decal.
(B) All other vehicles operated by the State or its subdivisions and the Civil Air Patrol must be registered and licensed for a biennial fee of two dollars and must be issued plates in accordance with Section 5631710.
(C) Registration and licenses issued under this section are not transferable except to another agency or department of government.”
Time effective
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and Section 2 takes effect on January 1, 2001.
Ratified the 16th day of May, 2000.
Approved the 19th day of May, 2000.
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