South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 549

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      549
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990302
Primary Sponsor:                  Land
All Sponsors:                     Land
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\ggs\22194cm99.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Transportation Committee 15 ST
Subject:                          Motor vehicle license plates, special 
                                  provided to veterans' of foreign wars; 
                                  Shriners, plates repealed


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  19990302  Introduced, read first time,           15 ST
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 56, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 34 SO AS TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ISSUE SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES TO VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS; AND TO REPEAL ARTICLE 60, CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 56, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES TO MEMBERS OF THE SHRINERS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 34

Veterans of Foreign Wars License Plates

Section 56-3-3400. (A) The department may issue a special motor vehicle license plate to a veteran of a foreign war who is a resident of the State for a private passenger motor vehicle owned by the veteran.

(B) The special license plate must be of the same size and general design as regular motor vehicle license plates upon which must be imprinted on decals to be affixed on the license plate the veteran's branch of service and the foreign war in which he participated. The decals are to be determined by the public along with numbers, letters, or both, as determined by the department. The biennial fee for the special license plate is the regular motor vehicle registration fee prescribed by Article 5 of this chapter. The plates must be issued for biennial periods of November first to October thirty-first.

(C) The department may issue a special license plate provided by this section to a person who provides the department evidence that he is a veteran of a foreign war.

(D) A license plate issued pursuant to this article may be transferred to another vehicle of the same weight class owned by the same person upon an application approved by the department. It is unlawful for a person to whom a license plate has been issued to knowingly permit it to be displayed on a vehicle except the one authorized by the department."

SECTION 2. Article 60 of Chapter 3 of Title 56 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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