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 56-3-13700. (A)
The department may issue special
personalized motor vehicle license plates to owners of private
passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section 56-3-630, and
motorcycles as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in their
names for any special organizational plate authorized pursuant
to Section 56-3-8000, Section 56-3-8100, or any other
organizational plate authorized by law. In order for a
specialized license plate to be personalized, the sponsoring
organization, if there is one, must agree to make the license
plate available for personalization. The person requesting the
special personalized license plate must meet all of the
requirements to obtain the specialty license plate.
(B) The fee for all
special personalized organizational license plates created
pursuant to this section is the regular biennial registration
fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title plus an
additional biennial personalization fee of thirty dollars, in
addition to any special fee associated with the selected plate
design. The Comptroller General shall place twenty dollars of
the special personalized organizational license plate fee in a
special restricted account to be used by the department to
defray the expenses of the department. The remaining ten
dollars of the personalization fee must be distributed to the
sponsoring organization. The department may not refund the fee
once the personalized license plate has been manufactured.
(C) The license plate
design must be identical to the design approved by the
department for the organizational license plate, but the license
plate will bear the requested number or letter combination
subject to approval by the department. There may be no
duplication of registration license plate letter or number
combinations. The department, in its discretion, may refuse the
issue of letter or number combinations which may carry
connotations offensive to good taste and decency."
SECTION 2. Section 56-3-2250 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 56-3-2250.
(A) The Department of Motor
Vehicles may provide, upon request, a sample motor vehicle
license plate which shall not be displayed on any
vehicle registered or required to be registered in this State.
Any person displaying such plate is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars
or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days. The
license plate shall be of the same size and general design of
regular motor vehicle license plates and the
. The fee for issuance of such license
plate shall be ten dollars. Provided, that the word
'sample' shall be imprinted on the license plate.
The department may retain the ten dollar fee to recoup its
cost for producing the license plate.
(B)(1)
The department is authorized to produce, upon request,
souvenir license plates for any special organizational license
plate produced pursuant to Section 56-3-8000 or Section
56-3-8100 or any other special organizational license plate
authorized by law. In order for a special organizational
license plate to be available as a souvenir license plate, the
sponsoring organization, if there is one, must agree to make the
license plate available as a souvenir license plate.
(2)
The fee for the special organizational souvenir
license plate is twenty dollars. Ten dollars of this fee shall
be retained by the department as specified in subsection (A),
and the additional ten dollars shall be distributed to the
sponsoring organization.
(C) The
department shall determine the method to designate the sample
and souvenir license plates described in this section.
(D)(1) An
individual may apply for a personalized special organizational
souvenir license plate with a license plate text to be selected
by the applicant in a letter and numeral plate text format the
department prescribes. The department, in its discretion, may
refuse the issuance of letter or number combinations which may
carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency.
(2)
In order for a special organizational license
plate to be available as a personalized souvenir license plate,
the sponsoring organization, if there is one, must agree to make
the license plate available as a souvenir license plate.
(3)
The fee for the license plate contained in this
subsection is thirty dollars. Twenty dollars of this fee shall
be retained by the department to defray the expenses of the
department. Ten dollars of this fee shall be distributed to the
organization described in subsection (B).
(E) These
sample or souvenir license plates may be displayed only on the
front of private passenger motor vehicles as defined in Section
56-3-630 or as otherwise allowed by law in the owner's home
state and shall not be displayed on the back of any vehicle
registered or required to be registered in this State or as
otherwise allowed by law in the owner's home state.
(F) Any
person displaying a license plate in violation of this section
is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined
not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more
than thirty days for each violation."
SECTION 3. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect twelve months after approval by the Governor. /
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