Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 56-3-13210.
(A) The Department of
Motor Vehicles may issue SC Riverkeepers special license plates
to owners of private passenger carrying motor vehicles, as
defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles registered in their
names which shall have a blue background and imprinted on them
in white 'SC Riverkeepers', 'Keep Our Rivers Clean', a crescent,
and a palmetto tree. The fee for this special license plate is
thirty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor
vehicle registration fee set forth 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 additional fees
collected pursuant to this section above the cost of production
must be distributed equally to the Congaree Riverkeeper,
Charleston Waterkeeper, Waccamaw Riverkeeper, Savannah
Riverkeeper, Catawba Riverkeeper, and Santee Riverkeeper
organizations.
(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 six months after approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.