South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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A53, R58, S102

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Setzler, Knotts, Hayes, Bryant, Verdin, Mescher, Ford, Leatherman, Leventis, Campsen and Moore
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6188cm05.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 11, 2005
Introduced in the House on February 9, 2005
Passed by the General Assembly on April 28, 2005
Governor's Action: May 9, 2005, Signed

Summary: Purple Heart special license plates for motorcycles

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/15/2004  Senate  Prefiled
  12/15/2004  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
   1/11/2005  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-134
   1/11/2005  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-134
   1/19/2005  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-17
   1/20/2005  Senate  Recommitted to Committee on Transportation SJ-13
    2/2/2005  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-25
    2/3/2005  Senate  Read second time SJ-11
    2/8/2005  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-24
    2/9/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-9
    2/9/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-9
   4/20/2005  House   Committee report: Favorable Education and Public Works 
                        HJ-6
   4/27/2005  House   Read second time HJ-95
   4/28/2005  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-9
    5/4/2005          Ratified R 58
    5/9/2005          Signed By Governor
   5/12/2005          Copies available
   5/12/2005          Effective date 05/09/05
   5/25/2005          Act No. 53

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/15/2004
1/19/2005
2/2/2005
4/20/2005


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A53, R58, S102)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-3310, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE THIS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS WHO OWN MOTORCYCLES.

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

Purple Heart special license plates

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-3310 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 17 of 2001, is further amended to read:

"Section 56-3-3310.    The department may issue a permanent special motor vehicle license plate to a recipient of the Purple Heart for use on a private passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle. The biennial fee for the special license plate is the same as the fee provided in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title, and not more than two license plates may be issued to a person. The application for a special plate must include proof the applicant is a recipient of the Purple Heart."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 4th day of May, 2005.

Approved the 9th day of May, 2005.

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