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A274, R370, H4798
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Townsend
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5764cm04.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1009
Introduced in the House on February 19, 2004
Introduced in the Senate on March 24, 2004
Last Amended on March 23, 2004
Passed by the General Assembly on June 1, 2004
Governor's Action: July 16, 2004, Signed
Summary: DMV, provisions authorizing department to accept electronically filed lien information
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2/19/2004 House Introduced and read first time HJ-8 2/19/2004 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-8 3/17/2004 House Committee report: Favorable with amendment Education and Public Works HJ-50 3/23/2004 House Amended HJ-97 3/23/2004 House Read second time HJ-97 3/24/2004 House Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-12 3/24/2004 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-11 3/24/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-11 5/20/2004 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-7 5/27/2004 Senate Read second time SJ-209 5/27/2004 Senate Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-209 6/1/2004 Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-19 6/2/2004 Ratified R 370 7/16/2004 Signed By Governor 7/26/2004 Copies available 7/26/2004 Effective date 07/16/04 7/28/2004 Act No. 274
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
2/19/2004
3/17/2004
3/23/2004
5/20/2004
NOTE: THIS COPY IS A TEMPORARY VERSION. THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN IN THIS VERSION UNTIL PUBLISHED IN THE ADVANCE SHEETS TO THE ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS. WHEN THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVANCE SHEET, THIS NOTE WILL BE REMOVED.
(A274, R370, H4798)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 56-19-265 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY ACCEPT ELECTRONICALLY FILED LIEN INFORMATION FOR NEWLY ACQUIRED VEHICLES, VEHICLES ALREADY TITLED, AND LIEN RELEASES, TO PROVIDE A FEE FOR COMMERCIAL PARTIES WHO TRANSMIT OR RETRIEVE DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF THIS FEE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Electronically filed lien information
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 19, Title 56 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 56-19-265. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the Department of Motor Vehicles may accept electronically filed lien information for newly acquired vehicles, vehicles already titled, and lien releases. The department is authorized to collect a transaction fee from commercial parties who either transmit or retrieve data from the department pursuant to this section. The fee must not exceed five dollars for each transaction and must be mutually agreed to by all parties. These fees must be placed by the Comptroller General into a special restricted account to be used by the department to defray the expenses of this program."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Ratified the 2nd day of June, 2004.
Approved the 16th day of July, 2004.
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