South Carolina General Assembly
117th Session, 2007-2008

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S. 935

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General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Thomas and Verdin
Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5367cm08.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2008
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Transportation

Summary: Private passenger motor vehicle

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/12/2007  Senate  Prefiled
  12/12/2007  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation
    1/8/2008  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-70
    1/8/2008  Senate  Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-70

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/12/2007

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-3-630, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AS A PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE, SO AS TO ALLOW A TRUCK WHOSE GROSS WEIGHT DOES NOT EXCEED TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND POUNDS TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 56-3-630 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 398 of 2006, is further amended to read:

"Section 56-3-630.    The Department of Motor Vehicles shall classify as a private passenger motor vehicle every motor vehicle which is designed, used, and maintained for the transportation of ten or fewer persons and trucks having an empty a gross weight of nine twenty-six thousand pounds or less and a gross weight of eleven thousand pounds or less, except a motorcycle, motorcycle three-wheel vehicle, or motor-driven cycle. The department shall classify a three-wheel vehicle by the manufacturers statement of origin for the vehicles initial registration. For subsequent registration, the department shall classify the three-wheel vehicle by its title document. This section does not relieve or negate any applicable fees required under Section 56-3-660."

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

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