South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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S. 1047

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Ryberg, Knotts and Lourie
Document Path: l:\s-res\wgr\003fopl.kmm.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4634

Introduced in the Senate on January 17, 2006
Introduced in the House on April 13, 2006
Last Amended on April 6, 2006
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Fraternal Order of Police special license plate

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/17/2006  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   1/17/2006  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-7
    4/5/2006  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment 
                        Transportation SJ-17
    4/6/2006  Senate  Amended SJ-19
    4/6/2006  Senate  Read second time SJ-19
   4/11/2006  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-22
   4/13/2006  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-10
   4/13/2006  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-11

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/17/2006
4/5/2006
4/6/2006

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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

April 6, 2006

S. 1047

Introduced by Senators Ryberg, Knotts and Lourie

S. Printed 4/6/06--S.

Read the first time January 17, 2006.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-5400 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAY ISSUE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES ONLY TO ACTIVE MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING, TO PROVIDE A PERSON ISSUED A LICENSE PLATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WHO CEASES TO BE A MEMBER MUST SURRENDER HIS LICENSE PLATE, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR KNOWINGLY FAILING TO SURRENDER THE LICENSE PLATE.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-5400(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 56-3-5400.    (A)    The department may issue Fraternal Order of Police special license plates to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles registered in their names who are active members in good standing of the Fraternal Order of Police. Identification of current membership must be presented at the time of application. The fee for each special license plate is thirty dollars every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle license fee set forth in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title. Each special license plate must be of the same size and general design of regular motor vehicle license plates. Each special license plate must be issued or revalidated for a biennial period which expires twenty-four months from the month the special license plate is issued."

SECTION    2.    Section 56-3-5400 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 54 of 2005, is amended by adding at the end:

"(E)    A person issued a special license plate pursuant to this section who is not or ceases to be a member of the Fraternal Order of Police must surrender his license plate to the department within sixty days. A person who knowingly fails to surrender his license plate pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined twenty-five dollars."

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

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