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S. 249
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Thomas
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Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation
Summary: Keep South Carolina Beautiful Fund
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/12/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-29 1/12/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-29
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-3950, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE "KEEP SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUTIFUL" LICENSE PLATES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ALL FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THESE LICENSE PLATES MUST BE PLACED IN THE SPECIAL "KEEP SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUTIFUL FUND".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 56-3-3950 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 459 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 56-3-3950. The department may issue a special commemorative "Keep South Carolina Beautiful" motor vehicle license plate for use by owners on their private passenger motor vehicles to establish a special fund to be used by the Department of Transportation for the purposes of beautifying the state's roads and highways. The Department of Transportation, in implementing this program, may not expend beautification funds for wildflowers without prior approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture shall ensure, before granting approval, that the varieties of wildflowers used in beautification are not harmful to agriculture at or near a proposed project. The biennial fee for the commemorative license plate is fifty-four dollars, and of this amount twenty-four dollars which must be placed in a special "Keep South Carolina Beautiful Fund" established within and administered by the Department of Transportation. This biennial fee is in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 7 of this title which also must be place in the special "Keep South Carolina Beautiful Fund". The commemorative plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates and must be imprinted with the words "Keep South Carolina Beautiful". The plates must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month they are issued."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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