South Carolina General Assembly
116th Session, 2005-2006

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H. 3397

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Townsend, Kirsh and Clark
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6258cm05.doc

Introduced in the House on January 26, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works

Summary: Public Education: A Great Investment license plates

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/26/2005  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-86
   1/26/2005  House   Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-86
    3/2/2005  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clark

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/26/2005

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-5010, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF "PUBLIC EDUCATION: A GREAT INVESTMENT" LICENSE PLATES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THESE LICENSE PLATES MAY BE ISSUED TO OWNERS OF PRIVATE PASSENGER-CARRYING MOTOR VEHICLES THAT FALL INTO CERTAIN WEIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-5010 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 155 of 1997, is further amended to read:

"Section 56-3-5010.    The Department of Motor Vehicles may issue a special commemorative 'Public Education: A Great Investment' motor vehicle license plate to owners of private passenger-carrying motor vehicles or light pickup trucks having an empty weight of six thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of nine thousand pounds or less registered in their names to establish a special fund to be used by the Department of Education for the purpose of providing computers to the public schools. The biennial fee for the commemorative license plate is fifty-four dollars, and of this amount, twenty dollars must be placed in a special 'Public Education: A Great Investment Fund' established within and administered by the Department of Education to purchase computers for use in the classroom and thirty-four dollars must be distributed to the school district or a school chosen by the license plate purchaser to be used to purchase computers for use in the classroom. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall report to the Department of Education, the school district, and the school chosen by the license plate purchaser to which the funds must be distributed. The Department of Education shall distribute funds to the district for further distribution to the schools chosen by the license plate purchasers. 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 'Public Education: A Great Investment'. 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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